We Celebrate Transracial Adoption. But Child Welfare Can't Ignore Race | Opinion Cheri Williams and Nathan Bult On 5/6/21 at 12:50 PM EDT In April, Bethany Christian Services released a first-of-its-kind study about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable children and families in the United States. Among other things, our data revealed that Black and multiracial children enter foster care at rates higher than the national average and are the least likely population of children to be reunited with their families. The pandemic only made things worse. We hope everyone can agree that the current outcomes for children of color in the child welfare system are bad. We desperately need to bring about reform, before more children get hurt.