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Describe: Summarize the major aspects of 1-2 chapters that you have read which are significant to you and allows reflective and critical thought. As you read, consider if the reading is aligned with your knowledge of African American children’s development. If so, please highlight this correlation. Next, highlight at least two direct quotes from either of the chapters and explain their significance and support your position.
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React: Why are these quotes significant to you?
Apply: How might you apply what you have learned to your future career?
April 13, 2020
Black Children
Continue to Be
Disproportionately Represented in Foster Care
The share of children who are black and in foster care remains much smaller than it was
nearly decade ago. Even so, black children are still overrepresented among youth in foster
care relative to the general child
population.
In 2018, black children represented 14% of the total child population but 23% of all kids in
foster care.
By comparison: White kids represent 50% of the nation’s child population and only 44% of its
foster care population. Latino and Hispanic children represent 25% of kids nationwide yet just
21% of all kids in foster care. And Asian and Native Hawaiian kids make up 5% of the U.S. child
population but only 1% of its foster care population. In other words, these three groups are
under-represented in foster care when compared to their presence in the total child
population.
From 2016 to 2018, the data on kids in foster care, broken down by race and ethnicity, has
remained the same. This population has been 44% white, 23% black, 21% Hispanic or Latino, 2%
American Indian and 1% Asian or Native Hawaiian for the last three years, according to Child
https://datacenter.kidscount.org/
https://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/6246-children-in-foster-care-by-race-and-hispanic-origin#detailed/1/any/false/37,871,870,573,869,36,868,867,133,38/2638,2601,2600,2598,2603,2597,2602,1353/12992,12993
https://datacenter.kidscount.org/~/media/1907/update-blackchildrencontinuetobedisproportionately-2020
Trends, which analyzed data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting
System.
This statistical stasis masks, to a degree, a longer-term trend: the share of black children in
care steadily declined from 30% in 2009 before stabilizing at 23% in 2016. During this same
time period, the percentage of white kids in care rose from 40% to 44%.
These figures only cover children in the U.S. foster care system — that is, boys and girls ages 0
to 17. Many states extend foster care benefits to young adults, who are not included in this
update.
Closer looks at the total foster care population nationally and in the states and of foster care
children by age group and gender can also be found here on the KIDS COUNT Data Center.
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