- On any given day, half a million abused and neglected children are in foster care in our country,
- More than half of foster children spend at least two years in the foster care system
- On average, children in foster care move through three different foster care placments with little or no warning.
- 118,000 of the children currently in foster care are waiting to be adopted
- 19,000 children "age out" of foster care esch year without a permanent family to support and love them
As a result, the future - for many of these children- is anything but bright :
6. Over a third of foster kids earn neither a high school diploma nor a GED
7.After aging out more than half of the kids are unemlpoyed
8. One third of the kids who age out of foster care have mental health
9. Most are diagnosed with PTSD, alcohol or drug abuse, and major depression
10. One fourth of these kids are in prison within 2yrs of leaving the system
11 Over 1/5 of these kids will become homeless after age 18
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