(Harrisburg) -- A child advocacy group says the recent reduction of children in the state’s foster care program has been done safely. But, its new report shows more reforms are needed to help older teenagers in foster care. The Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, a nonprofit advocacy group based in Harrisburg, says its State of Child Welfare report shows that the number of kids in foster care hasn’t changed much in the past year. But, President Joan Benso says the recent larger decline of children in foster care has stuck. "It’s important when you look at data about children living in foster care that you couple that with careful consideration of whether or not more children are going back into foster care again after they’ve left the system the first time," she says. "The data does not indicate that." The report also shows the state is gradually moving away from a system that relies on group homes and institutions to take in neglected children. Instead, it’s trying to remedy child welfare problems in the kid’s home with services like family counseling.