How many children were in foster care on September 30,2005?

513,000

Continuing from my previous posts regarding the statistics of children in foster care I found these numbers(below) on The AFCARS Report.

(I’m not a statistical anyalist by any stretch. I just liked reading the numbers.)

Over 100,000 children in foster care are aged sixteen and above. Most children aged about 16 and above will age out of the foster system or move into adult care.

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Thanks to Billy Mac @ Critque my blog

I don't think he has a thing to do with foster adoption that I know of, but he liked this blog!

Here's a blog that will tug at the heart strings...it's a blog about adoptions...foster children...their stories...and everything else in between! People go through life sometimes with blinders on...trying to get by day by day...but when you stop to look on the other side of the tracks...it's easy to be... more

I love my morning routine. Each day I wake up with a cup of coffee made with my new espresso machine, and read a few of the blogs I’ve got saved under favorites.

Drinking coffee in the morning is a new thing. I romantically purchased an espresso machine because I fell in love with the photo of the creamy froth laying seductively atop the coffee. I made a conscious decision that I'd have to start drinking coffee if I bought this machine.

Crazy,... more

My favorite blogs (not in any particular order):

Please comment below with your favorites - I'll be adding to this list, so check back often.

Adoption Blogs Everything you ever wanted to know about adoption. Blogs include this one,(foster adopt) and blogs about adopting from all different parts of the world. There is a special needs blog, a RAD blog and Older Parent Adoption,(of which I am also a contributor!). Check them out, let me know which... more