National Foster Care Awareness Month
- 1 in 5 Foster children experience homelessness within 1 year of aging out of care
- Foster children suffer PTSD at more than twice the rate of US war veterans
- At ages 17 & 18, one third of young women in foster care are pregnant or parenting
- Starting in 1988, the U.S. president issued an annual proclamation in recognition of National Foster Care Month to show appreciation and gratitude to foster parents across the nation