STATISTICS FACING YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE
Teens who age out of foster care are immediately faced with the unknown. Let them know they’re not alone.
Sources include: https://www.jobsforlife.org/For-Youth, https://beaneighbor.ok.gov/s/foster-youth#, https://www.childrensrights.org/unemployment-rampant-among-former-foster-youth/, http://www.fostercare2.org/ask-the-pros-2, https://youthtoday.org/2017/12/the-economic-well-being-of-youth-transitioning-from-foster-care/, https://www.nfyi.org/51-useful-aging-out-of-foster-care-statistics-social-race-media/#:~:text=As%20the%20statistics%20show%2C%20many,foster%20care%20system%20every%20year.&text=Only%201%20out%20of%20every,by%20the%20age%20of%2024., https://www.fosterfocusmag.com/articles/foster-care-and-homelessness#:~:text=More%20recent%20statistics%20include%20the%20following%3A&text=Approximately%20400%2C000%20youth%20are%20currently,any%20family%20connection%20at%20all.&text=Within%2018%20months%20of%20emancipation,of%20foster%20youth%20become%20homeless.
Source: https://beaneighbor.ok.gov/s/foster-youth#