A fact sheet outlining important facts about Child Welfare:
- More than 700, 000 youth are served by child welfare each year. This is about equal to the number of people living in Ft. Worth, Texas.
- The majority (80%) of these youth have developmental, emotional, or behavioral problems and yet, of this majority, less than 1/3 receive mental health services.
- In one study of children and adolescents who had previously been in foster care, 25% had Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. This is twice the rate of U.S. war veterans.
- More than 1/3 of homes seeking to adopt a youth with special needs back out because of their prospective child’s emotional, mental or behavioral problems.
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