Foster Care
Who do they try to place children and youth with after being detained, before placing them in a group home or foster home?
What is with family members
True or False?
Teenagers are the most difficult to foster.
What is False
True or False.
It’s estimated that one-third of all the nation’s unaccompanied homeless youth are in California.
What is True
What year did Orangewood Foundation become a licensed Foster Family Agency?
What is 2020
Name 3 reasons children are placed in foster care.
What is:
Neglect
Abandonment
Inadequate Housing
Abuse (physical and/or sexual)
Parental Drug/Alcohol Use
Domestic Violence
Incarceration
True or False?
LGBTQ youth are less likely to suffer from consistent harassment and abuse in foster care, juvenile justice settings and homeless shelters.
What is False
Approximately ___% of children in foster care reunify with their birth parents.
What is 50%
This UCLA gymnast, who currently holds 19 gold medals bounced from one foster care family to another due to her mother's drug addiction, until her grandparents adopted her at age 6.
Who is Simone Biles
Half of all children in foster care have experience ___ or more ACEs.
What is 4
True or False?
In California, the statewide average high school graduation rate by youth is 83%. For students in foster care, only 73% will graduate on time.
What is False
Only 53% will graduate on time
Approximately ____ youth age out of foster care each year in the California.
What is 4,000
What is the date that Orangewood's Youth Connected Program approved their first Resource Family?
What is April 30th 2021.
What is the average age of a child in foster care?
What is 6 1/2 years old
Approximately ___% of youth in foster care identify as LGBTQ.
What is 30%
True of False.
Youth in Foster Care are more likely to miss 10% or more school than other underserved youth.
What is True
Name this movie:
2018 American family comedy-drama starring Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne: the story of a married couple who have postponed having children of their own but then try adopting a trio of foster siblings, who turn their lives upside down.
What is Instant Family
There are approximately over ______ children and youth in foster care in the US.
What is 430,000
Name 3 of the most prominent worries of Teens in foster care.
Housing/ Aging Out/ Homelessness
Younger Siblings
Education
What is 20,000
If someone wants to become a Resource Parent with Orangewood, what is the name of the person you should connect them with? (Hint: Resource Family Recruiter and Trainer)