More than 2 million children are investigated for child abuse each year in
the United States. When Child Protective Services makes a substantiated
report, a majority of children taken from their homes begin a life-long
journey of sufferage as they are placed in foster care homes. Most of these
children suffer abuse at the hands of their foster parents and many children
have died in the custody of Child Protective Services. These children have a
much greater chance of being abused once they are taken out of their homes
and will not have basic living skills as they "age-out" of their
foster homes at 18 or 21. Foster children are at greater risk of becoming
criminals and at being vulnerable to "trafficking." When the
solution becomes greater than the targeted problem, it is time for change.