It is harder to place older kids and kids who have siblings because adults think that they will be harder to raise. Adopt US Kids.org

It is harder to place kids that have a different race or ethnicity because adults think that the kids of a different ethnicity may act and be different. Adopt US Kids.org

Most children that are in foster care are put in there because of abuse or neglect from their parent. Childrens Action Network.org

The three types of families that adopt kids in foster care homes are relatives, non-relatives, and former foster families. Childrens Action Network.org

There are more than 400,000 children in foster care and 135,000 of those children are adopted.The News Observer.com

Each year almost 53 thousand kids are adopted from foster care, and 30,000 kids get to be 18 and don’t have a family. Childrens Action Network.org

The average time that a child is in a foster care home is approximately 2 years. Childrens Action Network.org

The average age for a foster care child is 9 years old. 52% in foster care homes are male and 48% in foster care homes are female. Childrens Action Network.org