26 Delinquent Juveniles, Runaways, Vagrant Children 229 Poor or Unemployed Parents 216 Diseased Parents 86 Missing Children 12 Sub-total 4,121 Sending back home or to acquaintances 725 Others Total 4,846 118. The Child Welfare Act mandates that counseling services, a physical examination and a psychological test for the child subject to protection and investigation into such child's home environment shall precede the protective measures such as placement in a foster home, a child welfare facility, or a medical facility. 2) Questions 119. How do counseling services, a physical examination and a psychological test for the child subject to protection and investigation into such child's home environment proceed in advance of deciding protective measures? Please provide the relevant information such as procedure, current status, etc. Issue 35. Children Deprived of a Family Environment 1) Current status 120. The Statistics Report on Current Status of Children Subject to Protection by Statistics Korea in 2018 shows that, as of 2017, the number of children admitted to child welfare facilities, 2,421, was about 1.4 times as high as those fostered, 1,700. According to the 2017 Current Status Report of Foster Care by the National Foster Care Center and the Ministry of Health and Welfare, as of 2017, the number of fostered children was 11,975, of whom 7,942 or 66.3% were sent to live with grandparents, 3,096 or 25.9% with kinship carers, and 937 or 7.8% with non-related foster families. Table 2. Measures taken to protect the child Measures taken Protect in Child Welfare Types of protection Residential Child Care Institution (Orphanage) As of 2017 1,467