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EMANCIPATING FOSTER YOUTH            
 

What is Happening with Our Foster Youth?

Honoring Emancipated Youth, a non-profit agency serving transitioning foster youth in San Francisco, has compiled the following :

Homelessness

  • Within 18 months of emancipation 40-50% of former foster youth become homeless
  • 65% of emancipating foster youth need immediate housing when they exit the system

Employment

  • 50% of emancipated foster youth experience high rates of unemployment within 5 years of emancipation
  • 60% of former foster youth earn incomes at or below $6,000 per year, which is substantially below the federal poverty level of $7,890 for a single individual

Education

  • 70% of teens who emancipate from foster care report wanting to go to college, 10% attend and less than 1% graduate from college
  • 83% of foster children are held back by the third grade
  • 75% of children and youth in foster care are behind grade level
  • 40% of foster youth complete high school compared to 84% of the general population

Mental & Physical Health

  • 33% of all foster care alumni have no form of health insurance
  • Former foster youth experience Post Traumatic Stress disorder at a rate 2 times the level of U.S. war veterans
  • Nearly 50% of foster children suffer from chronic health conditions such as asthma, visual and auditory problems, dental decay and malnutrition
  • 50-60% of children in foster care have moderate to severe mental health problems
  • Foster children are more likely than other children on Medicaid to have mental health or substance abuse conditions

Incarceration

  • Foster youth with multiple placements are 5-10 times more likely to become involved with the juvenile justice system than youth in the general population
  • 25% of former foster youth will be incarcerated within the first 2 years of emancipation

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