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Aging Out of Foster Care Information taken from: Midwest Evaluation of Adult Functioning for Former Foster Youth from Wisconsin Outcomes at Age 19 Mark Courtney and Amy Dworsky January 2006 Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois A partnership of the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services; Adoption Resources of Wisconsin, Inc. PATH-WI, Inc. St. Aemilian-Lakeside, Inc
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Page 1: Aging Out of Foster Care Information taken from: Midwest Evaluation of Adult Functioning for Former Foster Youth from Wisconsin Outcomes at Age 19 Mark.

Aging Out of Foster Care

Information taken from:Midwest Evaluation of Adult Functioning for Former Foster Youth from Wisconsin Outcomes at Age 19

Mark Courtney and Amy DworskyJanuary 2006

Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois

A partnership of the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services; Adoption Resources of Wisconsin, Inc.

PATH-WI, Inc.St. Aemilian-Lakeside, Inc

Page 2: Aging Out of Foster Care Information taken from: Midwest Evaluation of Adult Functioning for Former Foster Youth from Wisconsin Outcomes at Age 19 Mark.

There are over 500,000 children in the U.S. foster care

system.118,000 of whom are available

for adoption

Page 3: Aging Out of Foster Care Information taken from: Midwest Evaluation of Adult Functioning for Former Foster Youth from Wisconsin Outcomes at Age 19 Mark.

Each year 20,000 kidsage out

of the foster care system into adulthood

Page 4: Aging Out of Foster Care Information taken from: Midwest Evaluation of Adult Functioning for Former Foster Youth from Wisconsin Outcomes at Age 19 Mark.

Less than one in five youth are completely self

sufficient when they leave foster care.

Page 5: Aging Out of Foster Care Information taken from: Midwest Evaluation of Adult Functioning for Former Foster Youth from Wisconsin Outcomes at Age 19 Mark.

One fourth of youth are reading at a third grade level

or lower when they age out of foster care

Page 6: Aging Out of Foster Care Information taken from: Midwest Evaluation of Adult Functioning for Former Foster Youth from Wisconsin Outcomes at Age 19 Mark.

More than one third of those aging out of foster care had

no high school diploma or general equivalency

diploma

Page 7: Aging Out of Foster Care Information taken from: Midwest Evaluation of Adult Functioning for Former Foster Youth from Wisconsin Outcomes at Age 19 Mark.

One year after aging out, only 40 percent

of foster care alumni have current employment

Page 8: Aging Out of Foster Care Information taken from: Midwest Evaluation of Adult Functioning for Former Foster Youth from Wisconsin Outcomes at Age 19 Mark.

Less than 50% of youth who have aged out of the foster care system

have health insurance

Page 9: Aging Out of Foster Care Information taken from: Midwest Evaluation of Adult Functioning for Former Foster Youth from Wisconsin Outcomes at Age 19 Mark.

More than half, 54 percent, of children aging out of the foster care

system have what doctors diagnose as

mental health problems.

Page 10: Aging Out of Foster Care Information taken from: Midwest Evaluation of Adult Functioning for Former Foster Youth from Wisconsin Outcomes at Age 19 Mark.

More than 25 percent of foster care alumni experience post-traumatic stress disorder.

That is 2 times as high as the percentage of veterans

who faced combat.

Page 11: Aging Out of Foster Care Information taken from: Midwest Evaluation of Adult Functioning for Former Foster Youth from Wisconsin Outcomes at Age 19 Mark.

Youth who age out foster care in Wisconsin are 12 times

more likely to become homeless than their

peers.

Page 12: Aging Out of Foster Care Information taken from: Midwest Evaluation of Adult Functioning for Former Foster Youth from Wisconsin Outcomes at Age 19 Mark.

What Can You Do?

• Consider Becoming Foster Parent• Become a Mentor For Youth• Provide Access to Job Opportunities• Sponsor Scholarships• Assist with Access to affordable housing• Advocate for extending T-19 eligibility in

Wisconsin to 21

Page 13: Aging Out of Foster Care Information taken from: Midwest Evaluation of Adult Functioning for Former Foster Youth from Wisconsin Outcomes at Age 19 Mark.

For more information on becoming a foster parent or helping out foster youth in your

community contact:

AgencyContact Person

PhoneE-Mail


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