2026 sTATISTICS
* Over 560,000 children in foster care are currently in the foster care system.
* 62% of these children enter foster care due to neglect.
* 33% of children in the foster care system enter because of parental drug abuse.
* 5% of those in foster care face extreme issues that necessitate their placement.
* 4% of children that enter foster care remain there for under 2 months.
* 96% of those entering the foster care system stay in care for over 2 months.
* Only 45% of children in foster care are ever reunited with their biological parents or extended family members.
* 54% of those entering foster care have the government take custody, often permanently.
* 27% of children in the foster care system end up in an adoptive home.
* Unfortunately, Ohio typically ranks in the top 5 of all 50 states regarding children in foster care.
Have You Considered Foster care ?
If only 1 in 5 churches had 1 family within their congregation provide a temporary or permanent home for a child in need, there would be NO children in foster care without a home.
If you are not currently a foster parent and would like to learn how to become one, please reach out to us, and we will contact you quickly.
The need within the foster care system is very real, and these children are amazing and often innocent victims of big people making big mistakes, especially in the Ohio foster care system.
Become a foster parent
The smallest of acts often have the BIGGEST of impacts, especially when it comes to supporting children in foster care. Contact us to learn how to become an Ohio foster parent today and make a difference in the foster care system!
If you become a foster parent for the hallmark movie, you are going to fail yourself and your foster child. if you go into foster care knowing that you are going to hurt, literally signing up to hurt, so the children do not, you are on the right path and all involved will do well.
Richard C. Davidson - Driven Enterprises Inc.