Understanding the challenges foster youth face today:
California
College Completion
California
California’s foster care system serves over 60,000 children on any given day.
Goals
College Completion
California
Roughly 70–80% of foster youth express plans to attend college, according to reports from the National Foster Youth Institute.
College Completion
College Completion
College Completion
Only 3-11% of former foster youth earn a four-year college degree.
Housing Insecurity
Post-Care Employment
College Completion
Nearly 20% of youth exiting foster care experience homelessness.
Aging Out
Post-Care Employment
Post-Care Employment
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.
Post-Care Employment
Post-Care Employment
Post-Care Employment
Nearly 50% of former foster youth are unemployed within four years of exiting the system.