Foster Care Facts
Foster Care Awareness Quiz
Test your knowledge about foster care and the realities faced by children and youth in the system. This quiz is an engaging way to learn important facts and insights that can help in understanding and supporting foster families.
- Explore common misconceptions and truths
- Learn about the challenges and supports in foster care
- Understand the impact of trauma on youth
Children and Youth are involved in foster care because:
They did something wrong
No one wants them
Their families are facing challenges and the Dept of Children and Families has determined that it is not safe for the children or youth to remain home while those challenges are being addressed
Can foster parents work?
No, they have to be home with the children.
Foster care is working; foster parents get paid to do foster care so they do not need jobs.
Yes, foster parents can work!
What supports does JRI offer foster parents?
Support groups
24/7 On Call Staff
Online and in person trainings
Access to goods to support children and youth, like clothing, back to school items, holiday gifts, and other specialty items
All of the above
None of the above; foster parents are on their own
How often do JRI Case Managers visit foster homes?
Every day
Every week
Every Month
Only when there is a problem
Trauma impacts children and youth in foster care. Trauma is:
An intensely frightening experience that left a person feeling unsafe, out of control, powerless, and potentially in danger of losing their life.
Stress
Having a bad day
Made up
Who qualifies to be a foster parent? Check all that apply.
Single people
First time parents
Divorced people
Widows and widowers
Married people
Unmarried couples
People with kids at home
People with adult children
People with pets
Athiests
People of all Religions
LGBTQ+ people
People of all Races, Ethnicities, and Cultures
People of varying abilities
People who take daily medication to manage a medical need
People who take daily medication to manage a mental health need
People who receive forms of public assistance (housing, SNAP, SSI)
People with high education degrees
People without degrees
People age 21 and over
People age 65 and over
Kids in foster care are:
Difficult
Problematic
Bad
Kids!!!
Kids in foster care can become anything they want to be!
True
False
Tiffany Haddish, Simone Biles, Edgar Allan Poe, Willie Nelson. Cher, and Jaime Fox have what in common?
They are talented!
They are famous!
They were all in foster care
All of the above!
The best predictor of a young person's future success is:
Growing up rich
Going to expensive, elite private schools
Having at least one caring, stable adult to guide them and be a support.
Having an above-average IQ
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