Foster Care in Louisiana · Foster Care in Louisiana did you know? Over 500,000 American children...

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

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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