Our transitional housing program for former foster youth is a two-year transitional living program (24 months maximum) for young adults 18 to 23 who have aged out of the foster-care system.

Services provided include: living skills training; housing, employment and educational services; mentoring; and counseling in a semi-independent environment.

According to the County of Sacramento Department of Human Assistance, approximately 387 foster youth will "age out" of the foster care system this year.

"The results of research about what happens to these youth are alarming," reports the DHA. "Still, teenagers, who comprise more than one-half of those in foster care, will leave the system alone, without family or other positive role models to help them as they transition to adulthood."

Follow-up studies regarding youth who exit the foster care system without any kind of support reveal that within 12 to 18 months of leaving the system:

• 40 percent will suffer serious physical victimization, including sexual assault

• 30 percent will be homeless

• 33 percent will be forced to rely on public assistance.

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