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July 2007
 African-American Children in Foster Care: Additional Assistance
Needed to Help States Reduce the Proportion in Care
The Government Accountability Office sought to analyze the major factors
influencing the proportion of African-American children in foster care,
the extent to which states and localities have implemented promising
strategies, and ways in which federal policies may have affected
African-American representation in foster care. GAO conducted a
nationwide survey, reviewed research and federal policies, made state
site visits, analyzed child welfare data, and conducted interviews with
experts.
At the end of the fiscal year in 2004, about 34% of children in foster
care were African-American, but nationwide only 15% of children were
African-American. On average, African-American children stayed in foster
care an average of nine months longer than other racial groups before
being reunited with their parents or an adoptive family.
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