Foster care Time for Reform: Aging Out and On Their Own, May 2007

Foster care reform

http://www.pewtrusts.org/ideas/ideas...%20and%20Stats


Time for Reform: Aging Out and On Their Own
May 2007

Pew-produced Publications

Kids Are Waiting

The number of young people leaving the U.S. foster care system without a
permanent family is at an all-time high, according to a new report by
The Pew Charitable Trusts' Kids Are Waiting campaign and the Jim Casey
Youth Opportunities Initiative.

The report, Time for Reform: Aging Out and On Their Own, found that
although the total number of children in foster care has decreased, the
number who "age out" of the system has grown by 41% since 1998. In
total, more than 165,000 young people aged out of foster care between
1998 and 2005 – nearly 25,000 in 2005 alone.

Studies have documented the serious challenges facing many youth who age
out of foster care. One in four will be incarcerated within two years of
leaving foster care, 1 in 5 will become homeless, only half will
graduate from high school, and less than 3 percent receive college degrees.

Based on research data and focus group interviews with youth who have
aged out or will soon age out of foster care, the report provides the
latest state-by-state information about youth who leave foster care. The
ten states with the highest percentages of youth who age out a
Virginia, Maine, Illinois, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington DC, Kansas,
Massachusetts, West Virginia, and California. Those states, plus
Maryland, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Ohio all had
more than 10% of their total foster care population "age out" of the
system without a permanent family.

Further, the report found that youth who age out of foster care have
spent nearly five years in the system. The national average time in
foster care for all children and youth is 2.5 years.

View the full report -- Time For Reform: Aging Out and On Their Own.





CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....

CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.

every parent should read this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com

Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS

*Perpetrators of Maltreatment*

Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5

CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT
FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...


BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...