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Foster Care in Louisianadid you know?
Over 500,000 American children are in foster care.3
Steve Jobs spent most of his infancy in foster care.3
Louisiana is #1 in the timeliness of adoptions.3
There are 4787 foster children in Louisiana.3
#1 4787
Myth: Reality:Most foster care children have been placed in many homes.
All foster children are bad or have special needs.
I must be a stay-at-home parent to foster.
is the average number of foster home placements per child.3
Most foster children are great kids that have been removed from bad situations.3
You can have a career and still foster. You may be asked to pay for day care.3
How can you help?
1"Children in Foster Care by Gender | KIDS COUNT Data Center." Accessed March 15, 2016.http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/6245-children-in-foster-care-by-gender?loc=1.2"Common Myths About Foster Care." Accessed March 15, 2016.http://www.adoptuskids.org/for-families/how-to-foster/common-myths-about-foster-care.3Department of Children & Family Services. (n.d.). Retrieved March 15, 2016, from http://www.dcfs.la.gov4EATEL Receives "Button of Bravery" (2016, March 02). Retrieved March 15, 2016, from http://www.thecreole.com/?p=535505Louisiana CASA. (n.d.). Retrieved March 15, 2016, fromhttp://louisianacasa.org/explore-casa/annual-report.aspx6Louisiana Foster Care and Adoption Guidelines. (n.d.). Retrieved March 15, 2016, from http://www.adoptuskids.org/for-families/state-adoption-and-foster-care-information/louisiana
49% - White
43% - African American
3% - Multiracial
Less than 2% - Other
1885 girls in foster care1
2070 boys in foster care1
$1541 covers one year of legal services for a foster child, so donate to the Louisiana CASA (Court Appointed Spcial Advocate) Association to help us sustain operations.4
DonateTimeVolunteer 10-15 hours a month as a representative to the interests of a child in court.
Spread the wordHelp us spread the word about Louisiana’s 18 CASA programs around the state.5
To learn more visit: http://www.casabr.org/
of foster children are over 10 years old.6
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