There are 2,400 Maine children in foster care, around 60 percent of them in the

There are 2,400 Maine children in foster care, around 60 percent of them in the state\u27s 1,100 licensed foster homes. The Maine Department of Human Services receives around 30,000 referrals of abuse or neglect annually, with some 10,000 investigated each year. The 10,000 investigations produce around 5,100 substantiated cases of abuse or neglect, and DHS seeks custody in around 15 percent of those cases. Details, profile of foster parents Barbara and Ed Ford of Winterport, who work with the private agency Families and Children Together, or FACT