History of Foster Care
Facts
Bullying
Neglect in care
Random Info
100
Founder of The Children's Aid society.
Who is Charles Loring Brace.
100
On any given day, how many children are in foster care?
What is 424,000.
100
Harrasing an individual based upon the victim's sexual orientation or gender identity OR perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.
What is LGBTQ bullying.
100
What is the percentile of children in foster care that are abused?
What is 80%.
100
What is the percentile of foster children who have children at a young age.
What is 84%.
200
In 1910, how many orphanages existed in the United States.
What is over 1,000.
200
How many children enter foster care each day?
What is 1,200.
200
Name-calling, making offensive remarks, or joking about a person's religion, gender, ethnicity, or the way they look.
What is Verbal bullying.
200
What percentile of LGBT youth reported suffering physical violence at the hands of a (foster care) family member.
What is 30%.
200
What percentile of foster children have no health insurance?
What is 30%.
300
During the early decades of the 20th century, legally adopted children were called what?
What is foster children.
300
What is the average age for children in foster care?
What is 9 yrs. old.
300
When a bully threatens someone and frightens that person enough to make him or her do what the bully wants.
What is Intimidation.
300
How many youth in care committ suicide a year?
What is, about 1.5% out of 1,225 that were reported.
300
What percentile of foster children earn a high school diploma?
What is 54%.
400
What year was foster care founded?
What is 1851.
400
What percentile of children live in institutions or group homes?
What is 16%
400
This includes spreading rumors or stories about someone you know or don't know, telling others something that was shared with you in private, and excluding certain people from groups.
What is Indirect Bullying.
400
True or False: Once in the foster care system, LGBT youth are often neglected or discriminated.
What is True.
400
What percentile of foster children experience homelessness?
What is 25%.
500
Which movement lasted from 1853 to the early 1900's?
What is The Orphan Train Movement.
500
In 2007, about how many foster children in percentile had aged out of the system?
What is 8.6%. (Over 30,000)
500
When a bully excludes someone from a group on purpose.
What is Social Alienation.
500
What percentile of LGBT youth were removed or ran away from their placements as a result of hostility? 56% of LGBT youth said they felt safer on the street than in their placement.
What is 78%.
500
What percentile of foster children are unemployed?
What is 51%.