Ventura County foster care statistics

Foster care statistics
Agoura Hills Acorn, April 12, 2007.

Did you know . . .
+In Ventura County, there are about 85 females between the ages of 16 and 19 in foster care. Of these young women, 16 are pregnant or already parenting.

+It's estimated that 25 to 30 female foster youth in Ventura County will be emancipated this year.

+According to national statistics, 50 percent of youth leaving the foster system are homeless sometime during the first 12 months after emancipation.

Story provided by the United Way of Ventura County