Колличиство детей воспитываемых по программе Foster care в США составило 547,5 тысяч в 2000 году<ref name="pewfostercare.org">{{cite web|url=http://pewfostercare.org/research/docs/Demographics0903.pdf |title=Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care ''Demographics of Children in Foster Care'' |publisher=Pewfostercare.org |date= |accessdate=2011-11-014 January 2013}}</ref> и снизилось до 423,5 тысяч в 2009 году.<ref>{{Cite news | first= | last= | title=Fewer U.S. kids in foster care | url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gq1yhAPK8txoVpGAPujSMUK9wz5gD9HULPCG4| work= | publisher=Burlington Free Press | location=Burlington, Vermont | pages= 1A | date=1 September 2010 | accessdate=}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}</ref><!---soft copy link differs from hard copy. Associated Press article that was not summarized online by local paper. The online copy is much more extensive than summarized article in hard copy, but is otherwise the same in basic facts--->
