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t10N~OfCOUNfY'S C"ULO~fN~~f IN 1~OUSlf 100• 40% of children under age 6 live inpoverty• 30-35%ofdtycb1ldren enteringhighschool w1ll not graduate• 16% of kids 12-17 are regular orheavy drug users• 25,000 children have no health insurance• in 1991 there were over 4800 reportedcases ofch1ld abuse• 11 fatalities in 1991 were linked toch1ld abuse• 1300 children are in foster care atany given time·local teen pregnancyrates and ratesofsexually transmitted dis~es rivalthose of the South Bronx• by 24 months, 400h of babies arebehind in immunizationsPOVERIY ...THE HIGH COSTOfNEGleCTING-OURCHILORENPrepared by the Ro~esterAreaChildren's Collaborative. an affiliateofthe YWCA 546-5820'.54
North CarolinaAdoption/Foster Care Statistics'Children in Foster Care in North CarolinaAccording to Division of Social Services informationas of March 31, 1992, 5,441 children were in foster care in North Carolina.• 4,159 were in foster family homes (76%)• 167 were in specialized foster family care (3%)• 525 were in large group facility (residential, 10%)• 141 were in adoptive foster homes (3%)Ofthose children in care:A total of 3,002 minority children were in care (55 %)• 2,786 (51 %) were Black• 98 (2%) were American Indian• 118 (2%) were of other races• 2,438 (45%) were Caucasian• 35% were underthe age 5• 32% were ages 6 through 12• 33% were 13 or older• 49% were boys; 51% were girlsTotal number of children for whom adoption is the plan= 1,648Children ,in Need of Adoption• 226 were under age 6• 130 were ages 7 through 12• 150 were 13 or older• 54.3% were Black• 42% were Caucasian• 0.4% were American Indian• 3.3% were other races55
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