Census of children in care in Rio de Janeiro released
Tags: Casa Irlanda, Mulryan Family Foundation
The 3rd census of children in shelters in the state of Rio de Janeiro was released at the end of September. The census analysed the statistics of children in shelters as of 30th July 2009.
The total number of children totalled 3358 with 238 organisations/programmes or shelters housing the children.88.15% of the children live in shelters, 5.57% live with a foster family, 2.98 live within a resident school programme, 2.74% in a Monday-Friday shelter and .57% in chemical dependency rehabilitation centres. 7.8% of these children are eligible for adoption.
14.95% of the children are 0-3 years old, 12.27% are 4-6years old, 18.97% are 7-9 years old, 22.84% are 10-12 years old, 20.25% are 13-15 years old and 10.72% are 16-18 years old. Read the rest of this article
This information is taken from Módulo Criança e Adolescente part of the Ministério Público do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.
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