Teens leaving foster care more likely to see jail than graduation: "The national data show that 43 percent of women and 74 percent of men who emancipated from foster care will have been incarcerated at least once in their lives."

xynomaster · 2015-06-12T22:19:53+00:00

Wow this is awful. I don't even know what else to say.

74%. That's inexcusable. And 43% isn't much better honestly. We need to do more to help these kids.

chavelah · 2015-06-14T01:55:41+00:00

This is an issue that every American participating on this subreddit can directly address. Having an engaged and competent volunteer advocate makes all the difference for older children in foster care.

www.casaforchildren.org

DougDante · 2015-06-12T22:27:01+00:00

Robert Werthwein, the director of the Office of Children, Youth and Families in the Colorado Department of Human Services. "Having a family is really key. You don't just stop growing at age 18."

Join me to demand justice for children who lose half of their family due to corruption, negligence, and discrimination in parenting time enforcement:

Action Opportunity: Demand Title IV-D Agencies Respect Public Policy and Protect Children by Enforcing Parenting Time

And to protect them when they are in the system:

Action Opportunity: Call for an investigation: Fraud, waste, and abuse in child protective services are endangering foster child victims

Action Opportunity: End Unsafe Drugging of Foster Kids, Especially Boys

And when they are in prison:

Action Opportunity: Call for an Investigation into the Appearance of Discrimination Against Michigan Boys Raped in Prison

Thank you!

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