- 23,000 youth age out of foster care each year in the United States.
- 40-50% of former foster youth become homeless within 18 months after leaving foster care.
- 88% of trafficking victims were in foster care.
- Aged out foster youth are twice as likely to suffer from PTSD compared to US war veterans.
- Almost 80% of inmates in our prison systems have spent time in the foster care system.
- Only 27% of aged-out foster youth obtain their GED or High School diploma by age 19.
- Only 6% go on for a 2- or 4-year degree.
- Former foster youth struggle with housing, education, employment, transportation, and money.
Fostering Farmers wants to change this.
