This document discusses the need for adopting foster children in Ohio and the United States. It notes that in 2002 there were over 3,500 foster children waiting to be adopted in Ohio, and as of 2010 there were foster children nationally needing adoption. The document outlines poor outcomes for children who age out of the foster system at 18 without being adopted, including high rates of homelessness, low rates of college graduation, unemployment, and lack of health insurance. It concludes by suggesting people considering adoption make a list of reasons why and provides some common motivations such as being unable to conceive, feeling called to help, wanting to help children, or not wanting others to face hardships they experienced.
3. The Numbers There were over 3,500 children waiting to be adopted in 2002 in Ohio National data as of September 2010
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Editor's Notes
This should have stats from that article you gave me to read. The one where kids who got adopted did 70% better than they though they would or something like that once they were adopted in school and in the workplace.
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