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Why you need to get involved in foster care:
In the United States:
In the United States:
The number of children in foster care often exceeds the number of available foster homes.
The Misconception:
The Misconception:
The most common reason for foster care placement is neglect, not abuse.
For the 20,000 young adults who age
For the 20,000 young adults who age
out each year:
out each year:
81%
81%
of young men will become incarcerated.
71%
of young women will be pregnant before their twenty-first birthday, with half of
their children destined to be placed in the foster care system themselves.
40%
will be homeless within 18 months.
97%
of these young adults will immediately enter into chronic poverty.
Let's work together to BREAK THE CYCLE and help foster children and foster families!
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