• Nationwide, approximately 20,000 youth age out of the foster care system each year.
• California has approximately 4,355 of these youth.
• Research shows that nationwide, 50% of these youth become homeless during the first two years of exiting from the foster care system.
• In California, more than 50% of former foster youth are unemployed after leaving foster care.

Foster Youth Research Sources
The Casey Family Foundation
The National Center for Youth Law
California Youth Connection
Little Hoover Commission
The General Accountability Office
Foster Youth Alliance