Challenges facing waiting children in the U.S.

Challenges facing waiting children in the U.S.

» Each year, an estimated 20,000 young people in the U.S. foster-care system turn 18 and are turned away from further support and services.

» What happens to young people who are removed from foster care after turning 18?

» 30 percent of all U.S. homeless adults have spent time in the foster care system.

» 60 percent of young women had children within four years after leaving foster care.