Reaching Postsecondary Success: Pathways for Youth in Transition from Foster Care
Submitted by Erin Russ on
Each year in the United States there are nearly half a million children and youth in foster care, and approximately 26,000 older foster youth will age out of the system annually.[1] Only 20% of youth who transition out of foster care enroll in postsecondary education and less than 11% go on to earn a postsecondary credential.[2]