FOSTER CARE AWARENESS EVENTS and schedule WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THE SPRING
Please check back for full details in March and April.
Foster Care Facts
Former foster youth have 2x’s the rate of U.S veterans PTSD
430,000 children are in foster care across the country at any given moment
Every 10 seconds a report of child abuse is made
More than 23,000 youth that age out of foster care each year
“More than 400,000 children are in foster care in the United States.”-MDHHS
“In Michigan there are more than 13,000 children in foster Care and over 300 who still need an adoptive family.” -MDHHS
There is a huge need for families to foster/adopt older children, teens, and sibling groups
“More than 23,000 children will age out of the US foster care system every year.”- The National Foster Youth Institute
“After reaching the age of 18, 20% of the children who were in foster care will become instantly homeless.” – The National Foster Youth Institute
“Only 1 out of every 2 foster kids who age out of the system will have some form of gainful employment by the age of 24.” – The National Foster Youth Institute
“There is less than a 3% chance for children who have aged out of foster care to earn a college degree at any point in their life.” – The National Foster Youth Institute