5. Improving education
Improving education.
Students in foster care fare worse than those who are homeless.
Only 55% of children in foster care graduate from high school.
7%
Only 7% will earn a college degree.
2x
Two times as likely to have learning disabilities, developmental delays, and speech problems.
3.5x
Up to 3.5 times more likely receive special education services.
All he needed was someone in his corner:
Alex thrives despite early trauma.
How we are fixing it.
Center for the Rights of Abused Children has improved educational opportunities for thousand of children in foster care.
“There are fundamental rights that are missing for these children, and we are pioneering this movement.”
Darcy Olsen
Founder and CEO of the Center for the Rights of Abused Children
