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- LGBTQ+ youth make up about 30% of the foster-care population, though they are 11% of their age group.
- They face rejection from families and higher vulnerability in foster care, with more victimization and abuse.
- A 2025 Senate report highlighted maltreatment in residential facilities, including punishment for their identities.
- Religious charities oversaw child welfare and denied foster care to Black children in the 1970s because of religious matching laws.
