State & National Statistics of Transition-Age Foster Youth

Youth In Ohio Foster Care System

27,000 (i)

Youth in Ohio

2,700,000 (ii)

Foster Youth Who Emancipate from Foster Care at Age 18

1,274 (iii)

Foster Children Reunified with Families or Guardian

5,928 (iv)

Foster Children Adopted

2,022 (v)

Ohio Youth Receiving ETV Vouchers for 08-09 (see below)

212 (vi)

Over 26,000 youth emancipate from the foster care system at age 18 each year. (vii)

33% of transition age youth had household incomes at or below the poverty level. (viii)

22% of transition age youth experienced homelessness after leaving foster care. (ix)

54% of transition age youth had clinical levels of at least one mental health problem, such as depression, social phobia, panic syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorder, or drug dependence, and 20% had three or more mental health problems. (x)

33% of transition age youth receive neither a high school diploma nor a GED, compared to fewer than 10% of their same-age peers (who had never been in the foster care system). (xi)

28% of transition age youth have been arrested. (xii)