➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: Foster care children: How their life experiences differ
Journalist’s Resource – June 06, 2017
When children in the United States are abused or neglected, government agencies sometimes remove them from their homes and place them in foster care with the goal of providing a safer, more stable environment. In late 2015, an estimated 427,910 kids were in foster care nationwide, according to a 2017 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Researchers have estimated that 6 percent of all U.S. children will enter foster care before age 18, including 12 percent of black children and 15 percent of Native American children.
https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/housing/foster-care-children-life-experiences-abuse