WHAT'S PREDICTABLE, IS PREVENTABLE
THE PROBLEM
ROUGH BEGINNINGS, UNHAPPY ENDINGS
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More foster kids go to prison than to college.
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23,000 children age out of foster care every year
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24% become instantly homeless between the ages 18-21
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Less than 50% will have gainful employment by age 24
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Less than 50% get their GED or HS diploma, 3% get a college degree
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70% of females become pregnant before age 21
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Greater than 50% develop substance dependency
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98% age out without a driver’s license
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25% suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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55% have had 3 or more placements while in foster care
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33% changed elementary schools 5 or more times
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29% are incarcerated by age 21; 43% by age 24 are in prison
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90% of the youth with 5 or more placements enter criminal system
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By age 17 greater than 50% in foster care are arrested and convicted
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Most age out at 18 without family or caring adults