Did you know?

California’s foster care system serves over 60,000 children on any given day.

Roughly 70–80% of foster youth express plans to attend college, according to reports from the National Foster Youth Institute.

 Only  3-11% of former foster youth earn a four-year college degree.

Nearly 20% of youth exiting foster care experience homelessness.

Approximately 4,000 children age out of foster care in California each year. 65% leave foster care at age 18 with no place to call home.

 Nearly 50% of former foster youth are unemployed within four years of exiting the system.