Foster Care Thesis

Every child in the Foster Care System has their own reason and their own story for being there, but who will listen? Every child has a voice that matters, no matter how small. Children in the system are pulled, moved, rejected, adopted, and transferred throughout the FCS without being consulted about the who, what, wheres, and whys of the situation. Most of them just get in the car waiting to see where the system will put them next. Each year the amount of children in the system continues to grow every year; however, nothing that those working for the system do can put an end to its exponential growth. Today, too many children find themselves in the Foster Care System (FCS) as nothing more than a number and too many are powerless in creating

These children are ripped from their homes and passed from family to family without being told a single detail. The rate at which children are put into the system continues to climb. As well as those leaving the system, but not nearly as fast. Most children in the system are too young to know what's going on or why they have new and changing parents. These children are our future, but they don't know if they even have a future or what it means to have a real life. Since entered into the system, each and every child begins to question everything. some even question if they actually matter. The amount of children in the foster care system continues to grow. To a child, it seems as if they are the ones to blame; however, that is an issue that couldn't be further from the truth. A huge percentage of these children come from a place of hatred, anger, struggle, pain, etc. The system isn't easy on anyone. The process of the whole system requires a lot of stress, work, heartbreak, communication, change, cooperation, acceptance, etc from everyone involved in a

Most see the system as being only number-not children or kids that matter more than the number that hangs over their heads. Countless documented reports record the yearly count of children with in the system continues to climb. In a report created by the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) on October 20th, 2017, in 2012 396,966 children were registered in the FCS. Four years later in 2016 the numbers had grown to a total of 437,465 children within the system. After declining by nearly 19% percent between FY 2007 and FY 2012 to a low of 397,000, the number of children in foster care on the last day of each fiscal year since has shown an increase, however the percent increase from 2015 to 2016 was 2.3% which is lower than FY 2014’s 3.2% increase and FY 2015’s 3.1% increase. Each number means another child who finds themselves helpless in the future that's being planned for them. With the numbers on a rise these kids are begin to run into the issue that the number of foster parents willing to take any age kid is fall. Most parents would prefer a baby, and more exactly a baby girl. The amount of children entering the system continues to outweigh the amount leaving the system. Each year roughly 250,000 kids -and counting- are entered into the FCS; however, less than that are recorded as