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Old 07-06-2006, 11:52 AM
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defintion found on this forum:

Post-Institutionalized Child: Children adopted from institutional, hospital, or orphanage settings. The term is used to describe an array of emotional and psychological disturbances, developmental delays, learning disabilities, and/or medical problems resulting, in part, from their stay in institutions.

I don't think there are any statistics on how many children are in foster care vs. SWI's. It does cost more to be in foster care and there are several US non-profits that are funding foster care (Half the Sky comes to mind).

And here's a resource:

http://www.attach-china.org/
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