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Overwhelmingly, African-American children are overrepresented in the child welfare system. In fact, they represent only 15% of the total US population but make up 35% of the children in foster care. Of all CASA volunteers, only 12% are African-American. Read more about disproportional representation (857 KB  PDF).

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