{"id":6,"date":"2016-03-06T03:53:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T03:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/advokids.wpengine.com\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2019-09-21T05:56:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T12:56:17","slug":"about-foster-children","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adevine.io\/advokids-backup\/about-foster-children\/","title":{"rendered":"About Foster Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fl-builder-content fl-builder-content-6 fl-builder-global-templates-locked\" data-post-id=\"6\"><div class=\"fl-row fl-row-fixed-width fl-row-bg-none fl-node-56dba97d22f5f\" data-node=\"56dba97d22f5f\">\n\t<div class=\"fl-row-content-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"uabb-row-separator uabb-top-row-separator\" >\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"fl-col-group fl-node-56dba97d24e12\" data-node=\"56dba97d24e12\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fl-col fl-node-56dba97d251cd\" data-node=\"56dba97d251cd\">\n\t<div class=\"fl-col-content fl-node-content\">\n\t<div class=\"fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-56dba97d22bab\" data-node=\"56dba97d22bab\">\n\t<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"fl-rich-text\">\n\t<p style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #952593;\">\u201cA more vulnerable group does not exist than children removed from the custody of their parents and placed in foster care.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 American Medical Association<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-20454 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/adevine.io\/advokids-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/baby-maker-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Baby (12-18 Months)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adevine.io\/advokids-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/baby-maker-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adevine.io\/advokids-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/baby-maker-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/adevine.io\/advokids-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/baby-maker-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adevine.io\/advokids-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/baby-maker.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 20px;\">Seven Facts About Foster Children<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 30px;\"><strong>1. There are more than 60,000 children in foster care in California, more than 1\/5 of all foster children in the United States.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"citation\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsdata.org\/topic\/4\/foster-care\/summary\" target=\"_blank\">Kidsdata: Data and Resources about the Health of Children, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children\u2019s Health<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 30px;\"><strong>2. 1\/4 of California foster children are under the age of 3.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"citation\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsdata.org\/topic\/4\/foster-care\/summary\" target=\"_blank\">Kidsdata: Data and Resources about the Health of Children, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children\u2019s Health<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 30px;\"><strong>3. The majority spend 2+ years or longer in foster care and experience multiple placements.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"citation\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsdata.org\/topic\/4\/foster-care\/summary\" target=\"_blank\">Kidsdata: Data and Resources about the Health of Children, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children\u2019s Health<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 30px;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-20452 size-medium\" style=\"margin-bottom: 32px;\" src=\"https:\/\/adevine.io\/advokids-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/cafosterchildren-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"cafosterchildren\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adevine.io\/advokids-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/cafosterchildren-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adevine.io\/advokids-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/cafosterchildren-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adevine.io\/advokids-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/cafosterchildren.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong>4. Temporary placements and loss of relationships directly affect a foster child\u2019s long-term emotional, cognitive and developmental health.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style: none; margin-left: 30px; overflow: auto;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #020202; margin: 0px auto 22px 30px; line-height: 1.4em;\">Zero to Three Policy Center. <a href=\"http:\/\/main.zerotothree.org\/site\/DocServer\/Jan_07_Child_Welfare_Fact_Sheet.pdf?docID=2622\" target=\"_blank\">Restructuring the Federal Child Welfare System: Assuring the Safety, Permanence and Well-Being of Infants and Toddlers in the Child Welfare System<\/a>. January 2007.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px;\"><strong>5. In 2012, 23,439\u00a0youth \u201caged out\u201d of foster care with no parents.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style: none; margin-left: 30px; overflow: auto;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #020202; margin: 0px auto 22px 30px; line-height: 1.4em;\">Casey Family Programs, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/cb\/afcarsreport20.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2012\u00a0Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 30px;\"><strong>6. Multiple research studies have found that adoption represents a cost savings to taxpayers, with one indicating that each dollar spent on the adoption of a child from U.S. foster care yields three dollars in benefits to society.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"citation\">Hall, Chapin. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapinhall.org\/research\/report\/midwest-evaluation-adult-functioning-former-foster-youth\" target=\"_blank\">Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth<\/a>, University of Chicago, 2011.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 30px;\"><strong>7. Foster children who never find a permanent home face lifelong challenges, and they have overtaken war veterans as the largest population in California\u2019s homeless shelters.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"citation\">Children\u2019s Advocacy Institute, University of San Diego School of Law. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caichildlaw.org\/TransServices\/Transitional_Services_for_Emancipated_Foster_Youth.FinalReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Expanding Transitional Services for Emancipated Foster Youth: An Investment in California\u2019s Future<\/a>. January 2007.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 1px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; margin-bottom: 16px;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 30px; font-size: 16px;\">Find out how <a title=\"Legal Programs and Services\" href=\"https:\/\/adevine.io\/advokids-backup\/about\/legal-programs-and-services\/\">Advokids\u2019 services<\/a> help foster parents, relative caregivers, social workers, CASA volunteers and attorneys better understand and navigate California\u2019s child welfare and juvenile court dependency system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 30px; font-size: 16px;\">Learn more about California\u2019s Child Welfare System from the California Child Welfare Indicators Project at <a href=\"http:\/\/cssr.berkeley.edu\/ucb_childwelfare\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">The Center For Social Services Research<\/a> at UC Berkeley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"uabb-js-breakpoint\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA more vulnerable group does not exist than children removed from the custody of their parents and placed in foster care.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 American Medical Association &nbsp; Seven Facts About Foster Children 1. There are more than 60,000 children in foster care in California, more than 1\/5 of all foster children in the United States. 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