On any given day, more than 2,300 Erie County children are living with foster families. Nearly all children in foster care will return to their parents and family but there will be some children who will need to begin a new life with an adopted family. Often that adopted family is the same family who provided foster care to the child. Foster children and foster families come from every walk of life. They represent every ethnicity, race, and religion.
Foster children range in age from infancy through teens.
They are quiet, and shy, silly and funny, athletic and studious. Some learn easily and others struggle. Some enjoy crowds of children while others enjoy solitude. In other words, foster children share the characteristics of all children. Unfortunately, living apart from their families is not easy.