Foster Care in Louisiana did you know? Over 500,000 American children are in foster care. 3 Steve Jobs spent most of his infancy in foster care. 3 Louisiana is #1 in the timeliness of adoptions. 3 There are 4787 foster children in Louisiana. 3 #1 4787 Myth: Reality: Most foster care children have been placed in many homes. All foster children are bad or have special needs. I must be a stay-at-home parent to foster. is the average number of foster home placements per child. 3 Most foster children are great kids that have been removed from bad situations. 3 You can have a career and still foster. You may be asked to pay for day care. 3 How can you help? 1 "Children in Foster Care by Gender | KIDS COUNT Data Center." Accessed March 15, 2016.http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/6245-children-in-foster-care-by-gender?loc=1. 2 "Common Myths About Foster Care." Accessed March 15, 2016.http://www.adoptuskids.org/for-families/how-to-foster/common-myths-about-foster-care. 3 Department of Children & Family Services. (n.d.). Retrieved March 15, 2016, from http://www.dcfs.la.gov 4 EATEL Receives "Button of Bravery" (2016, March 02). Retrieved March 15, 2016, from http://www.thecreole.com/?p=53550 5 Louisiana CASA. (n.d.). Retrieved March 15, 2016, fromhttp://louisianacasa.org/explore-casa/annual-report.aspx 6 Louisiana Foster Care and Adoption Guidelines. (n.d.). Retrieved March 15, 2016, from http://www.adoptuskids.org/for-families/state-adoption-and-foster-care-information/louisiana 49% - White 43% - African American 3% - Multiracial Less than 2% - Other 1885 girls in foster care 1 2070 boys in foster care 1 $1541 covers one year of legal services for a foster child, so donate to the Louisiana CASA (Court Appointed Spcial Advocate) Association to help us sustain operations. 4 Donate Time Volunteer 10-15 hours a month as a representative to the interests of a child in court. Spread the word Help us spread the word about Louisiana’s 18 CASA programs around the state. 5 To learn more visit: http://www.casabr.org/ of foster children are over 10 years old. 6