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\"foster<\/a>The month of May is a month for celebrating new beginnings.\u00a0 Weather patterns are turning, and summer is just around the corner.\u00a0 In the spirit of providing new beginnings for many children who need them, May also happens to be National Foster Care Month.<\/p>\n

National Foster Care Month was established in 1988 by Ronald Reagan as a means of recognizing the efforts of foster parents.\u00a0 Today, National Foster Month shifts its focus from one theme to another.\u00a0 This year, the theme is Honoring, Uniting, and Celebrating Families<\/a>.\u00a0 The foster system in the U.S. has recognized since its beginnings that families come in all shapes and sizes.\u00a0 As May progresses, consider the history, the issues, and the future of the U.S. foster care system.<\/p>\n

Beginnings<\/h4>\n

Foster programs, or warding, exists throughout the world.\u00a0 The basis of foster care is either private or religious.\u00a0 Traditionally, when a child was orphaned or given up by her parents, she would become a ward of a relative or of whichever church provided guidance to her family or community.<\/p>\n

As these options became less viable, government foster systems were created.\u00a0 In the U.S., foster care was pioneered by Charles Loring Brace, a minister and philanthropist who lived and worked in New York prior to the Civil War.\u00a0 His experiences ministering in the infamous Five Points led him to found the Children\u2019s Aid Society<\/a>, which exists today.<\/p>\n

Brace\u2019s Society also began the Orphan Train Movement.\u00a0 Between 1854 and 1929, this supervised welfare program relocated nearly 200,000 children living in poverty in the slums and streets of New York.\u00a0 While there were many instances of children being used by their placements as, essentially, indentured servants, Brace envisioned the trains as a means of creating new families and new beginnings for all involved.<\/p>\n

Issues<\/h4>\n

As with any large-scale system, there are many issues facing foster care in the U.S.\u00a0 National Foster Care Month seeks to bring awareness to some of these issues by simultaneously shining a spotlight on successes.<\/p>\n

Many of the successes of the foster care system actually point to misconceptions about it and those who participate in it.\u00a0 The ultimate goal of the system is to bring families together through care and services.\u00a0 When a biological family cannot be reunited, adoption becomes the goal.<\/p>\n

According to this resource by the University of Northeastern Social Work Program<\/a>, nearly half of Americans believe that children in foster care are there because they\u2019re delinquents, making adoption difficult for some older wards.\u00a0 This is simply not the case; children are placed in foster care because they have been abused or neglected.<\/p>\n

As of 2013, there were approximately 402,500 children in foster care, a dip of more than 100,000 since 2002.\u00a0 However, these numbers still put a strain on the resources of both the foster system and the people caring for the children, especially those who are ultimately adopted.\u00a0 Adoption is an expensive proposition for many families, yet foster care adoption can cost nearly 10 times less than private adoption, clocking in around $2500 at the most.<\/p>\n

Possibly the largest issue for the foster care system next to misconceptions is the abuse and neglect within the system.\u00a0 Some families abuse the scant resources, but they are exception rather than the rule.\u00a0 It can be those working for the system itself who are the most neglectful, as they can also be the most overworked.\u00a0 With the largest population of foster system wards, California saw one of the largest lawsuits in foster care history, with a former foster child being awarded $30 million by a trial jury for sexual abuse that occurred in a state-licensed foster home.<\/p>\n

Future<\/h4>\n

Most problems within the foster care system, like abuse and neglect, are not the norm.\u00a0 The norm sees children placed comfortably with relatives such as grandparents or aunts and uncles who are more than willing to care for them.<\/p>\n

What issues there are can be mitigated with more resources and better training, for those in the system and for the public in general.\u00a0 National Foster Care Month plays its part in public awareness and training, though there is always more we can do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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