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...employment rate of former foster children was 80.1 percent compared with 95 percent for those aged 20-34 in the general population. A third had household incomes at or below the poverty level...
...Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study, which traced 659 alumni of the Oregon and Washington state welfare agencies, found that former foster children also have low completion rates for post-secondary education and lower employment rates compared to the general population...
Peter J. Pecora, Senior Director of Research Services at Casey Family Programs—an organization promoting advances in child-welfare practice and policy—stressed that the frequent placement changes and lack of permanent support guarantees often faced by foster children contribute to feelings of anxiety and social instability...
According to the study, 65 percent of children in foster care experience seven or more school changes from elementary to high school. Following the age of 18, the foster care system no longer has an obligation to provide foster children with family placements...
Professor of Health Care Policy Ronald Kessler, a co-author of the project, says foster children’s greater likelihood of mental health risks is primarily based upon the experiences, such as neglect and abuse, that children face before entering the foster system...