Is Foster Care Better?
While we recognize that foster care is necessary for some children in the case of true abuse, let’s make sure children who have loving homes don’t get lost in a system that studies show often hurts rather than helps children.
“Children on the margin of placement are found to be two to three times more likely to enter the criminal justice system as adults if they were placed in foster care.”
http://www.mit.edu/~jjdoyle/doyle_jpe_aug08.pdf
“…children on the margin of placement tend to have better outcomes when they remain at home, especially for older children.”
http://www.mit.edu/~jjdoyle/doyle_fosterlt_march07_aer.pdf
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