tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post4146753870298243303..comments2024-03-28T18:57:15.124-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: Foster Care System Still BrokenAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-44557875475833566122014-09-24T21:43:19.644-06:002014-09-24T21:43:19.644-06:00At any given time there are about 8,000 people in ...At any given time there are about 8,000 people in foster care in Colorado, with an average stay of about 12-13 months and about 4,000 entrants and 4,000 departures each year. Thus, at any given time, about 4,000 people have been in foster care for more than a year, a population skewed towards older children. About 55% of those adopted are preschool aged or younger, and just 10% are twelve or older.<br /><br />There are something on the order of 2,700 foster homes in Colorado.<br /><br />Improving the lot of 4,000 kids in long term foster care would be cheap relative to the cost, for example, of the maintaining the 20,000 or so people in prison in Colorado at any one time.andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172964121659914379noreply@blogger.com