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Quotes on what foster children need and the challenges they face.

Foster children need more than a placement - these quotes call for stability, safety, education, opportunity, and love as basic needs that shouldn't be up for debate. One frames this as an issue that should rise above political division, connecting to our Children quotes.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Over
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Nov 07, 2020

I have spent a lot of time with foster children over the years - kids for whom I have not necessarily acted as a foster parent.

Quotes by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Love
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Nov 07, 2020

Though politics is by nature divisive, surely we all can agree that foster children need stability, safety, education, opportunity - and love.

Quotes by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Children
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Nov 07, 2020

Despite the best of efforts, many foster children are neither reunited with their families, nor adopted.

Quotes by Charles Bass

Frequent
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Nov 07, 2020

Many foster children have had difficulty making the transition to independent living. Several are homeless, become single parents, commit crimes, or live in poverty. They are also frequent targets of crime.

Quotes by Charles Bass

Children
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Nov 07, 2020

State and local government, with financial support from the federal government, should offer a program to educate and train foster children for employment and provide them with financial assistance, as needed, until they reach age 21.

Quotes by Charles Bass

Home
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Nov 07, 2020

When I think of those in the 'far right' or those who are pro-life to the extreme and at all costs protect the unborn, the thing that enrages me is you want to ask every one of them, 'How many foster children are in your home now?'

Quotes by Ann Dowd

Others are more sobering, describing the real difficulty many foster children face moving toward independent living, including higher risks of poverty and homelessness. See our Age and Despite quote pages for related themes.

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