Timed Out Foster Youth

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What happens when

Foster Kids turn 18?

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Foster Kids age out of the system at 18. Imagine...

Imagine being a ward of the state from a very young age: being taken away from everyone you know, never a say in where you live or with whom you live. Imagine several people directing your entire life: where you go, when you go - schools, doctor's visits, medications you're on, counseling, everything... and then, suddenly, nothing. One day, around your senior year in high school, you go from having no say in your life and everyone telling you exactly what to do - to being all alone and on your own in a heart beat. Now what?

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No Family

No Guidance

No Money

No Shelter

A Whopping 60% of Timed Out Foster Youth end up working in the

Sex Industry

With no parents to guide them, few of these youth can find a job, let alone a job that will support them. With no home and no money, a tired, hungry, and desperate teenager will do anything, and pimps and human traffickers know it.

Couch surfing can come at a cost. Sex, drug use, prostitution, dealing... being on the streets is a dangerous place for anyone, especially a kid with no one watching over or caring for them.

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20% of these teenagers become instantly homeless but more will join them over the next few years

1 out of 4

will end up incarcerated within 2 years of aging out.

Poverty and Despair - With no real adult guidance, many make bad decisions that lead them down the wrong path.

These teenagers have experienced abandonment, attachment issues, extreme abuse, and more. Many were abused while IN the system in our state.

80% of Foster Youth experience mental health issues.

Even after 8 years alone, by age 25, 50% of them can't find a job.

As we said, an extremely low number of youth can find a job, let alone a job that will support them at the tender age of 18. These challenges, along with their mental issues, push them into depression. There's a constant search for high pay with low skills and so they just give up.

Only 4% Earn a College Degree

Less likely to graduate high school and even less likely to attend college, only 4% of kids who age out of foster care will earn a college degree, compared to 36% of the general population.

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