May is
the 20th annual National Foster Care Month which was established to increase
awareness of the 500,000 American children in foster care because their
parents are unable or unwilling to care for them.
Did you
know that in America . . .
More than
500,000 children are in foster care at any given time . . .
Over
300,000 children must be rescued from abuse and neglect each year
and placed in foster care, more than 34 children per hour . . .
Most
children enter foster care with no personal belongings . . .
52%
of the children in foster care will never graduate from high school .
. .
One
out of four children in foster care will someday be homeless
or incarcerated.
