"There is a significant minority of children and youth who are not
growing up in their own families. These children are being raised in foster homes
or group homes, some live in institutions for young offenders, others are living
on the street. While reliable estimates are hard to come by, child welfare
experts estimate, for example, that there are 40,000 children and youth in care
at any one point in time in Canada. This does not include the children who cycle back
and forth between the family and alternative care, which would bring the number closer
to 100,000 per year."
"Aboriginal children in particular are more likely to live in care than children
in the general population -- 4% compared to less than 1% in 1994."
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This excerpt is from Transition (March 1997), published by the Vanier Institute of the Family. |
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Posted by the Vanier Institute of the Family, July 1997. |
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