Disproportionate Number of Black Kids in Foster Care - "Another Mother's Child" - A WRAL Documentary

Children are placed into the foster care system when the Department of Social Services decides that a child is not safe in its own home due to neglect or abuse. Black children are put into the foster care system more often than non-black children and are also more likely to remain in the foster care system for longer. This is likely due to the cycle of poverty in low-income areas. The WRALDoc team investigates the disproportionate number of black children in the foster care system. David Crabtree hosts. Originally aired April 11, 2007.

More than 10,000 children in our state are in foster care right now, according to the Children's Home Society of North Carolina. Finding foster parents, especially for teenagers, is a challenge for social workers in the Triangle. Read the story of how young black man Valaquez Stevons, reached his upmost potential thanks to the foster care system in this WRAL article : https://www.wral.com/foster-parents-needed-durham-teen-says-his-mom-made-all-the-difference/17714949/

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