Wednesday, May 18, 2011

The City Wire Special Report: Troubling ‘age out’ realities for foster kids


Submitted by The City Wire staff on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 9:46am.
Arkansas

http://www.thecitywire.com/?q=node/15923

I left a nice comment there-


"Have a nice life now. Hope it works out for you. Sorry about the one hundred and four foster homes. Sure hope therapy has helped you get over the twelve rapes you suffered and three kids you saw killed in foster care. Oh by the way, we neglected to teach you any real life skills or job skills. Don't call us".

"As many as 75 percent of all children in foster care, upon leaving the system, will have experienced sexual abuse. One study by Johns Hopkins University found that the rate of sexual abuse within the foster-care system is more than four times as high as in the general population; in group homes, the rate of sexual abuse is more than 28 times that of the general population." --Sexual Abuse: An Epidemic in Foster Care Settings? -By Orlow, Orlow & Orlow July 17, 2009

"There are more than half a million children and youth in the U.S. foster care system today. Studies reveal that children are 11 times more likely to be abused in state care than they are in their own homes, and 7 times more likely to die as a result of abuse in the foster care system." -John Walsh Show April 16, 2003

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