Summary
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, nearly 800,000 children experience foster care every year. Although the 2000 U.S. Census reported that 15 percent of the U.S. child population is African-American, black children make up 35 percent of those in the child welfare system. Additionally, more than 50 percent of African-American children in foster care are boys.
CASA is a national network of trained community volunteers who are appointed by judges to watch over and advocate for the safety and well-being of abused and neglected children. Research shows that children with caring CASA volunteers by their sides are significantly more likely to find safe, permanent homes. Fewer than 10 percent of children who have had a CASA volunteer return to the foster care system.Today, more than 68,000 CASA volunteers serve more than 240,000 abused and neglected children through 1,018 program offices across the U.S. But only 12 percent of these volunteers are African-American.See the full content of this document
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Continue the Dream by Serving Our Children
Martin Luther King Jr. dedicated his life to a dream of equality. He dreamed of a day when "little black boys and black girls would be able ...
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