The foster care situation in Colorado is not a good one but it seems to be improving.
The latest count by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families has the number of children in foster care in the 2013 fiscal year at 5,851.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the 2013 estimate of population in Colorado is 5,272,086. That makes the number of children in foster care in Colorado an entire 0.11 percent of the Colorado population.
This is a big improvement from the 0.17 percent of the population in foster care in 2004, with a total Colorado population of 4,601,403 according to the Census Bureau and the number of foster children at 8,196 according to the ACF.
Candie Farquhar, a foster mom, and Lori Hulbert, an attorney that deals with numerous child custody-related cases, have consented to be interviewed more on their experience with foster care in Colorado.
"Our system is designed to make sure that it's a good event for the children and that their best interest is always taken into consideration," said Hulbert.
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