Getting Older
Between 1997 and 2002, the number of Illinois children in foster care dropped from 50,727 to 23,203. But foster children now tend to be older, and many have serious emotional or behavioral problems, experts say.
Notes: Figures are based on the number of children in foster care in June 1997 and December 2002.
Source: Illinois Department of Children and Family Services; analyzed by The Chicago Reporter
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Table of Contents
- A Renter's Nightmare
- Methodology (A Renter's Nightmare)
- Tips For Renters Caught Up In Foreclosure
- Black Areas At Highest Risk
- Rental Runaround
- D.C. Renters Buffet Storm
- Renters Squeezed Out
- Suburbs Slow To Get On Board
- Methodology (Suburbs Slow To Get On Board)
- Unity Through Dialogue
- Working Hard Or Hardly Working
- Editor's Note: July-August 2008
- Reporter Impact: July-August 2008
- Letter to the Editor: July-August 2008
- Not All Arrests Lead To Deportation
- A Bumpy Ride
- Leaving A Bad Taste
- Watch NBC5-The Chicago Reporter Special Report
- Guarding Against Food-Borne Illness
- Fast Facts About Salmonella
- Shootings Increase After CeaseFire’s Budget Cut
- Divine Inspiration
- Parting Shot: July-August 2008
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