50% of adolescents aging out of foster care and juvenile justice systems will be homeless within six months because they are unprepared to live independently and have limited education and no social support.

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After reaching the age of 18, 25% of the children who were in foster care will become instantly homeless.

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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

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The overall national child victim rate was 9.2 child victims per 1,000 children in the US population.

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The rise of sex trafficking crimes

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African-American children had the highest rates of victimization at 14.2 victims per 1,000 children in that racial group’s overall child population.

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Between 50 and 75% of incarcerated youth are estimated to have a diagnosable mental health disorder (National League of Cities, 2005).

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The annual rate of children who are discharged out of the foster system without a successful placement: 13%.

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Children with a diagnosed disability of any kind, including a learning disability, are twice as likely to age out of the foster care system.

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Kids who enter the foster care system after the age of 12 have a 2 in 5 chance of being legally emancipated at the age of 18 from the system.

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African-American children make up 20% of the foster care population, which is about double the amount of maltreatment reports that are generated for their racial demographic annually.

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More than 40% of the children who reach the age of 18 while in foster care were in the system for more than 3 years.

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Information: Statistics from National Foster Youth Institute.com