United Friends of the Children

United Friends of the Children

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Preparing Foster Youth for a Future that Works. United Friends of the Children is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bettering the lives of foster children and to supporting former foster youth in their journey to become successful, independent adults. Empowering foster youth since 1979. • Give now to help LA foster youth • The Challenges Facing Foster Youth • The United Friends Impact • Our Success Stories • Homelessness • Incarceration • Poor Educational Attainment Helping current and former foster youth transition to adulthood through housing and educational services. United Friends is proud to be part of the Foster Youth Pre-College Collective, a coalition of leading California-based organizations working to improve high school completion rates for foster youth. Read their report, ‘Destination Graduation’ HERE! Give today to provide tutoring, counseling, therapy, food, and other critical support services that foster youth need now to recover from the effects of the pandemic. There are 30,000 foster youth in LA County, the largest concentration in our nation, and the odds are stacked against them. The way to unlock the potential of foster youth is through long-term consistent relationships. 36% of foster youth become homeless within 18 months of aging out of foster care. One in four foster youth are incarcerated within two years of aging out of foster care, and 30% of California prison inmates have spent time in foster care. 56% of LA County foster youth do not graduate from high school and less than 3% earn a college degree. 51% of foster youth are unemployed. 99% of students in our Scholars Program for 4+ years graduate from high school. [Google Places type: non profit organization]