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Aging out of foster care at the age of 18 20% of child will be come instantly homeless / Praying for a family who child was kill while on vaction with friends

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For many children, these promise are just empty words that have no  meaning. As the statistics show, many foster kids are aging out of the  system and have nowhere to turn.

  • More than 23,000 children will age out of the US foster care system every year.
  • After reaching the age of 18, 20% of the children who were in foster care will become instantly homeless.
  • 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.
  • There is less than a 3% chance for children who have aged out of  foster care to earn a college degree at any point in their life.
  • 7 out of 10 girls who age out of the foster care system will become pregnant before the age of 21.
  • The percentage of children who age out of the foster care system and still suffer from the direct effects of PTSD: 2
  • http://socialracemedia.com/51-useful-aging-out-of-foster-care-statistics/

    • The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has now gotten involved in  the suspicious death of 25-year-old popular North Carolina braider,  Shanquella Robinson, who mysteriously died while vacationing with  friends in Mexico.

    The federal agency has reportedly intervened on behalf of Shanquella’s  parents, Salamondra and Bernard Robinson, who reported her death after  Mexican authorities suggested there was no foul play but Shanquella’s  autopsy report determined that she died from a broken neck and suffered  severe spinal cord injuries, according to BET.com.

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    UnspokensecretsBy Penny Wesley