WHEN CPS FINISHES WITH YOU, WHERE ARE YOU?

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WHEN CPS FINISHES WITH YOU, WHERE ARE YOU?
By Bill Medvecky

June 4, 2010 – 12:52 pm
Somehow CPS and CASA have convinced themselves they are the saviors of abuse and neglected children.

Once they get through making as much money as they can with them, this is what those same children have to look forward to. With a record like this, why are they not in prison?

Grim Statistics

HOMELESSNESS:

Covenant House reports that 50% of adolescents aging out of foster care and juvenile justice systems will be homeless within 6 months because they are unprepared to live independently, have limited education, and no social support.


EDUCATION:

Only 54% of aged-out foster kids receive a highschool diploma.

70% of foster kids WANT to attend college….but only 3% of aged-out foster kids goto college and less than 1/2 of them ever graduate—–(In comparison, over 70% of high school students attend college and 65-70% of those graduate!)



UNEMPLOYMENT:

Over 50% of aged-out foster kids are unemployed —-(Compared with 14.2% of general youth aged 14 to 24.)

Over 30% are receiving welfare assistance.

EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS:

It is estimated that as many as 80% of kids in foster care have emotional and behavioral problems.

A study by the Department of Health and Human Services (2005) evaluating care of foster children stated that: there was a sheer lack of mental health services for children, mental health assessments were not conducted adequately or timely, and that there is a lack of consistency in providing preventative services for children. (HHS. 2005. “General Findings from the Federal Child and Family Services Review.”)

Even former foster children are twice as likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as Iraq war veterans, according to the 2005 Northwest Foster Care Alumni study.

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PRISON AND PREGNANCY

Crime also factors in.— 25% of emancipated youth were incarcerated within a two year period of leaving a foster care environment

40% of women reported having been pregnant at least one time in the 18-24 months since leaving foster care.

Just a couple years ago…..

A statewide survey by the Florida Department of Children & Families released in 2007 found that a majority of 17-year-olds in its custody either believe they lack, or actually are lacking, the necessary skills and services needed to live on their own at 18.

Most of the youths surveyed said they had no bank account and no plan for developing skills beyond high school. Fewer than half, or 45 percent, were performing at or above their grade level. Nearly a third had been arrested at least once in the past year.

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