英语翻译In1999,childrenages11to15weresomewhatoverrepresentedamongchildrenenteringcare(29percentofentriesintocareversus26percentofthepopulationinthatagegroup).Childrenages16andolderwerelesslikelythanyoungerchi
英语翻译
In1999,childrenages11to15weresomewhatoverrepresentedamongchildrenenteringcare(29percentofentriesintocareversus26percentofthepopulationinthatagegroup).Childrenages16andolderwerelesslikelythanyoungerchildrentoenterfostercarebutaccountfor
virtuallyallofthoseagingoutofcare.
■Livingarrangements.Olderfosterchildrenaresubstantiallylesslikelythanotherfosterchildrentoliveina(foster)family.In1999,47percentoffosterchildrenages14anduplivedinfosterorpre-adoptivehomes,25comparedwithmorethan90percentofyoungerchildren.26Oftheremainder,18percentlivedingrouphomes;22percentlivedininstitutions;about3percentwereinsupervisedindependentliving,thatis,livingontheirownbutunderthesupervisionofasocialworker;5percenthadrunaway;and5percentwereontrialhomevisits,thatis,visitingthehomeoftheirparentorparentsinpreparationforareturntolivingathome.
■Chancesforadoption.AmongthoseinfostercareasofSeptember30,1999,127,000
childrenwere“waitingtobeadopted,”27meaningthatadoptionwastheplacementgoalforthesechildrenorthatparentalrightshadbeenterminated.28However,only36,000childrenwereactuallyadoptedfromfostercarein1999.Thus,onlyabout28percentofchildrenwhowereeligiblewere,infact,adoptedoverthecourseoftheyear.Andtheoddsofthese“waiting”childrenbeingadopteddeclinedas
theygotolder.Childrenages1to5accountedfor35percentofchildreneligibleforadoptionbut46percentofactualadoptions.29Incontrast,childrenages11to15accountedfor22percentoftheadoption-eligiblechildrenbutonly14percentofactualadoptions,andthoseages16to18accountedfor4percentoftheadoption-eligiblechildrenbutonly2percentofactualadoptions.