- As of September, 152 youth in Michigan’s direct-placement program were living in out-of-state facilities — some as far away as Hawaii and Arizona...
- That was up from 122 children sent out of state in 2024 and more than double the 74 children in 2023...
State officials believe the rise in out-of-state placements is largely limited to court-supervised youth in the juvenile justice system, not children they directly oversee.
But counties that report placement data to the state are “not required” to share that information, a spokesperson said...


