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● 20% of foster youth will become homeless the day they age out; 20,000 age out every year.
● Fewer than 3% of children who age out of foster care will earn a college degree at any point in their lives.
● 70% of girls who age out of foster care will be pregnant before they are 21.
● 60% of sex trafficking victims come from foster care or group homes, according to FBI statistics. The Bureau's July 2023 raids in 70 US cities rescued more than 200 victims of sex trafficking.
● 50% of children who age out of foster care will develop substance dependence.
● 20% of young adults who were in foster care report being incarcerated between ages of 17 and 21.
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