Higher Rates of Homelessness:

Higher Rates of Homelessness: A significant proportion of youth who age out of foster care experience homelessness. Studies have found that approximately 31% to 46% of youth experiencing homelessness have a history in foster care. 

Lower Educational Attainment:

Lower Educational Attainment: Compared to their peers, young adults who have aged out of foster care are less likely to graduate from high school or pursue higher education. Only 50% of children in foster care will finish high school.

Mental Health Issues

80% of children in foster care have significant mental health issues, compared to approximately  18-22% of the general population 

School Stability

65% of children in foster care experience seven or more school changes between elementary and high school. 

Educational Outcomes

59% of foster care youth drop out of high school and less than 5% graduate from a 4-year college.

Youth Homelessness

75% of Bay Area homeless youth were once in the foster care and juvenile justice systems. 

Foster Care & Incarceration

25% of foster youth will be in prison within two years of leaving the foster care system. 

Racial Disparity

Children of African Ancestry are disproportionately overrepresented at 2X-3X their general population. 

The Stark Reality

25% will attempt suicide and that’s just for those who are still in the system. For the 23,000 young adults who age out each year, 81% of young men will become incarcerated.

Early

Motherhood

71% of young women will be pregnant before their twenty-first birthday, with half of their children destined to be placed in the foster care system themselves.