EFFECTS OF FOSTER CARE SYSTEM
True or False
Teen children are the most difficult to foster.
False
In order to foster, parents must be _______ stable
What is financially?
Average Age of an adopted child
What is seven?
Average length of stay for children in foster care
What is just under three years?
Foster youth are more at risk for teen _____.
What is pregnancy?
Approximately ___% of foster youth reunify with their birth parents
What is 50%?
Amount of children adopted annually in the USA? (can be a range or exact number)
What is a number between 100,000-200,000? (exact number is 135,000)
Are there more boys or girls in the foster care system?
What is boys?
True or False
It's estimated that one-third of all the nations unaccompianed homeless youth are in California.
True
One out of every ____ foster children do not have a home when they turn 18.
What is five?
What is 55%?
Average age for youth ENTERING foster care
What is 4-5 years old?
Percent of foster youth who enter the system with mental health issues
What is 80%?
Around ____ households in the U.S. have foster children in them.
150,000-200,000
exact answer 184,000 homes
Amount of children eligible and waiting for adoption per year (can be a range or exact number)
What is between 100,000-130,000? (exact number is 107,000)
Percentage of foster youth who graduate from high school
What is 50%?
Percent of foster children have been in the system more than five years?
What is 6%?
Percent of foster children adopted by married parents.
What is 70%?
Percent of domestic adoptions from the foster care system
What is 40%?
Amount of youth in foster care annually (can be a range or exact number)
What is between 400,000-450,000? (exact number is 437,000)