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Why
Mentorhsip matters
More than 17,000 young people age out of foster care without permanent families, annually. Research has shown that those who leave care without being linked to forever families have a higher likelihood than youth in the general population to experience homelessness, unemployment and incarceration as adults.
Mentorhsip matters
More than 17,000 young people age out of foster care without permanent families, annually. Research has shown that those who leave care without being linked to forever families have a higher likelihood than youth in the general population to experience homelessness, unemployment and incarceration as adults.
14K
Approximate number of children in Georgia's Foster Care System, on any given day.
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700
Approximate number of teens aging out of Georgia's Foster Care System, each year.
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60%
Percentage of sex trafficing victims with a history in the child welfare system
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43%
Percentage of Foster Children who leave Foster Care at 18 and endup homeless
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14K
Number of children in Georgia's Foster Care System, on any given day.
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700
Number of teens aging out of Georgia's Foster Care System, each year.
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60%
Percentage of sex trafficing victims with a history in the child welfare system
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43%
Percentage of Foster Children who leave Foster Care at 18 and endup homeless
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Why
Mentorhsip matters
More than 17,000 young people age out of foster care without permanent families, annually. Research has shown that those who leave care without being linked to forever families have a higher likelihood than youth in the general population to experience homelessness, unemployment and incarceration as adults.
HELP TO STOP the cycle of abuse
The FBI estimates sex trafficking in the U.S. involves 100,000 children and 60% of child sex trafficking victims recovered through FBI raids across the U.S. are from foster care or group homes.
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Children without families to make them feel loved and cared for are particularly vulnerable to exploitation by sex traffickers. Foster children in large cities like New York and Los Angeles are at the most risk of being targeted. Traffickers will sometimes send one of their girls into group homes to lure other girls to leave. Many girls who end up leaving foster care are trafficked into prostitution where they are routinely subject to physical abuse and violence.
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