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What Happens to Kids Who Age Out of Foster Care?
70% of young women become pregnant before the age of 21
High risk of sexual exploitation These young women are barely able to survive on their own, let alone raise children with minimal to no support. Pregnancies often only perpetuate intergenerational poverty and neglect.
60% end up in the adult entertainment industry
Due to low prospects of employment and few career skills, they turn to sex industries to support themselves. 60% of sex trafficking victims have a history in the child welfare system.
20% instantly become homeless
The vast majority of foster youth have faced immense obstacles to learning and personal development ( leaving them ill-equipped to take care of themselves as independent adults Walking out of their foster home/residential institution with nothing further housing them. Most have never been equipped with the personal knowledge and skills to even find the resources that could help them.
Less than 3% earn a college degree by the age of 26
Kids growing up in foster care don’t have motivation/focus / proper supervision to devote to schoolwork. Instability and trauma / unmet mental health needs / high rates of learning deficiencies are all barriers to education that foster care youth experience. 53% graduate high school ( foster care youth ) whereas 83% of the general population have high school degrees. Risk for dropping out of school is 3 times higher for low-income children.
25% are dealing with PTSD
The vast majority of foster youth enter the system because of abuse or neglect. The foster care system can be an extremely traumatizing place. A lack of healthy and stable relationships with adults/risk of abuse within foster care contributes to untreated PTSD.
80% of foster youth experience significant mental health issues
80% of foster youth experience significant mental health issues compared to 18-22% of the general population. Most foster homes/foster care systems, in general, are not equipped to support youth facing mental health problems. They not given the right resources and individual attention.
25% are incarcerated within 2 years of aging out
1 in 4 foster youth have a run in with law enforcement of some kind leading to imprisonment and tarnished records after aging out of foster care. Foster youth placed in group homes are 2.5 times more likely to be incarcerated. Minority foster care youth are at greater risk. 90% of youth with 5 or more foster placements will enter the criminal justice system. Maladaptive behaviors are often attempts at coping with the loss and fear they’re experiencing.
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Creating the love and support that the aging-out-of-foster system youth need by providing mentorship and life skills to live their best lives. Helping them find a forever home with their newfound skills for their immediate future and for years to come.
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Systems are not in place to effectively care for foster youth while they are in the system, nor to put them in a position for successful independence when they leave the system. Aging out should not be an option for foster youth who have not been prepared to care for and support themselves. The outcomes speak volumes. 23,000 children age out of foster care annually, instantly losing access to nearly every form of support.
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Creating the love and support that youth aging out of the foster system need by providing mentorship and life skills to live your best life. Creating the love of a forever home for youth aging out of the foster system by providing mentorship and life skills to enhance the quality of life.
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Creating the love and support that youth aging out of the foster system need by providing mentorship and life skills to live your best life. Creating the love of a forever home for youth aging out of the foster system by providing mentorship and life skills to enhance the quality of life.
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Creating the love and support that youth aging out of the foster system need by providing mentorship and life skills to live your best life. Creating the love of a forever home for youth aging out of the foster system by providing mentorship and life skills to enhance the quality of life.
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The vast majority of foster youth have faced immense obstacles to learning and personal development leaving them ill-equipped to take care of themselves as independent adults Walking out of their foster home/residential institution with nothing further housing them.