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<blockquote data-quote="MAKAVELI" data-source="post: 2249016" data-attributes="member: 43825">Apparently not enough.<a href="http://www.childrensrights.org/newsroom/fact-sheets/foster-care/" target="_blank">Foster Care - Children&#039;s Rights</a>&nbsp;On any given day, there are approximately 415,000children in foster care in the United States.In 2014, over 650,000 children spent time in U.S. foster care.On average, children remain in state care for nearly two years and seven percent of children in foster care have languished there for five or more years.Despite the common perception that the majority of children in foster care are very young, the average age of kids in care is nearly 9.In 2014, more than half of children entering U.S. foster care were young people of color.While most children in foster care live in family settings, a substantial minority — 14 percent — live in institutions or group homes.In 2014, more than 60,000 children – whose mothers’ and fathers’ parental rights had been legally terminated – were waiting to be adopted.In 2014, more than 22,000 young people aged outof foster care without permanent families. Research has shown that those who leave care without being linked to forever families have a higher likelihood than youth in the general population to experience homelessness, unemployment and incarceration as adults.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MAKAVELI, post: 2249016, member: 43825"] Apparently not enough. [URL="http://www.childrensrights.org/newsroom/fact-sheets/foster-care/"]Foster Care - Children's Rights[/URL] On any given day, there are approximately 415,000children in foster care in the United States. In 2014, over 650,000 children spent time in U.S. foster care. On average, children remain in state care for nearly two years and seven percent of children in foster care have languished there for five or more years. Despite the common perception that the majority of children in foster care are very young, the average age of kids in care is nearly 9. In 2014, more than half of children entering U.S. foster care were young people of color. While most children in foster care live in family settings, a substantial minority — 14 percent — live in institutions or group homes. In 2014, more than 60,000 children – whose mothers’ and fathers’ parental rights had been legally terminated – were waiting to be adopted. In 2014, more than 22,000 young people aged outof foster care without permanent families. Research has shown that those who leave care without being linked to forever families have a higher likelihood than youth in the general population to experience homelessness, unemployment and incarceration as adults. [/QUOTE]

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