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US: We Need to Work on Barriers to Educational Success for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care

August 23, 2017 by Greg Cywnar

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway

US: We Need to Work on Barriers to Educational Success for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care
Youth Today – August 21, 2017
As of September 2012, there were 399,546 children in foster care. In 2015, this number increased to 427,900 with 26,668 of them being 17 to 20 years old. Of those youth in foster care, approximately 50 percent graduate from high school, 20 percent attend college and only 2 to 9 percent graduate with a bachelor’s degree.
Information Gateway resource: College Scholarships and Support for Higher Education: https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/outofhome/independent/support/education/
http://youthtoday.org/2017/08/barriers-to-educational-success-for-youth-who-age-out-of-foster-care/

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