National Foster Care Month
Take a moment and learn more about foster care as the Seattle based Casey Family Programs celebrates twenty years of May as National Foster Care Month. There are more than a half a million children in foster care. Casey asks us to turn our attention to the needs of these children and to salute the foster care families, social workers, and advocates who care for them.
There are over 12 million foster care alumni living in the United States at present. Currently, there are over 513,000 American children in fostercare. They average 10 years old and will remain in the foster system over a year. Each year 20,000 children age-out of the foster care system.
Many of the children in the American foster care system have experience great loss, abuse, neglect, and exposure to addictions and instability. These children are in desperate need of every day adults to believe in them and care for them to empower them to overcome their troubled childhoods.
Thank you to all the unsung heroes of foster care children, to the foster parents, mentors, teachers, pastors, advocates, and friends. We salute you!
Please visit the foster care month website to learn more.
