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Welcome to FosterLink

fl15FosterLink is a program offered by The Blue Ribbon Project. FosterLink is a resource website developed by Foster Youth, former Foster Youth, and various professionals. FosterLink is intended to be an on-line community as well as a resource to find additional information on a variety of topics.

 In 2014, 22,392 youth "age-out" from the foster care system when they reach age 18 or age 21 (depending on the state in which they reside). Unfortunately, youth in foster care often do not get the help they need with high school completion, employment, accessing health care, continued educational opportunities, housing and transitional living arrangements. Studies of youth who have left foster care have shown they are more likely than those in the general population to not finish high school, be unemployed, and be dependent on public assistance.

What Happens To Youth Who Age Out?

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Where do they go?

Youth who age out of foster care are less likely than youth in the general population to graduate from high school and are less likely to attend or graduate college. By age 26, approximately 80 percent of young people who aged out of foster care earned at least a high school degree or GED compared to 94 percent in the general population.

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How many age out?

In 2014, more than 22,000 young people — whom states failed to reunite with their families or place in permanent homes — aged out of foster care, simply because they were too old to remain.

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Where do they go?

Youth who age out of foster care are less likely than youth in the general population to graduate from high school and are less likely to attend or graduate college. By age 26, approximately 80 percent of young people who aged out of foster care earned at least a high school degree or GED compared to 94 percent in the general population.

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Is there a plan?

By age 26, 4 percent of youth who aged out of foster care had earned a 4-year college degree, while 36 percent of youth in the general population had done so.

Testimonials

Aging Out was a frightening time for me. I had not made a plan for what would happen and it came up faster than I expected. I wish I had better prepared myself.

fl11Bob Stevenson
Student

Those of us in foster care have the tables stacked against us. I made a promise to myself that I would not be another statistic. I feel I had to work harder than others my age, but my hard work paid off and I was able to graduate college.

fl6 Sarah
Student

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