These numbers are from 2006, U.S. Department of Children and Families (part of Health and Human Services). I haven’t seen anyone dispute them but you are welcome to try:
“Currently, there are approximately 518,000 children in foster care; of these, about 118,000 are available for adoption. Most are members of minority groups, with older African American boys waiting the longest for adoption.
Nearly half (49%) of waiting children are age nine or older. In general, older children and teens stay longer in foster care and are at higher risk for drug use, poor school performance or incarceration. Each year, some 19,000 of these children “age out” of the system without ever being placed into permanent homes.”
The government has been doing a company to get these 400,000 kids adopted. How many have your friends and family have adopted an angry, hurt, Black male child lately? How many have you adopted? If you all don’t, the prison system has room for more.
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