Real life stories from foster children.......... 

I know how they feel, I felt the same way and it takes a lifetime to overcome.

We need to intervene......NOW!!! 

"It took me a lifetime to overcome, but today I am FABULOUS......."  

Helen Ramaglia - Founder, former foster child, foster adoptive parent
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"Every child deserve to 'age out' 
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Helen Ramaglia - 'From Foster to Fabulous"
FOSTER CARE STATISTICS: 
  • Currently, there are approximately 425,000 children in foster care in the United States.  
  • It's estimated that 115,000 are eligible for adoption.
  • We have an 80% failure rate in our current foster care system (nncpr.org)
  • Nearly 1/3 of alumni have reported abuse in foster homes (nncpr.org)
  • 70% of the total prison population (who have been in prison) have at some time in their lives been in foster care
  • 27% of foster children wind up in prison
  • In 2009, about 57,466 children were adopted from foster care.
  • 69% of parents who adopt from foster care are married couples, 31% are single-parent families.
  • Median age of child in foster care: 8.1 years.
  • Race/ethnicity of children in foster care: 38% Caucasian, 30% African-American, 22% Hispanic, 10% other.
  • The average child in foster care goes through three different placements and stays in the system for about 30 months.
  • Each year, about 26,000 children age out of foster care.