this post was submitted on 06 Dec 2024
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WTF humanity‽

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Wow I wasn’t sure about these numbers (thought possibly it’s that 50% of foster ends up homeless not 50% homeless were in foster). But in BC, Canada it looks like it’s 1 in 3 were from foster care and that jumps up to 55% for the group 16 to 24 years old.

https://communitycouncil.ca/more-focus-on-bc-youth-transitioning-out-of-care-needed/#%3A%7E%3Atext=In+the+2020+Point+in%2Cyouth+aged+16+to+24.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

It's heartbreaking.