HOUSING
Over one-third of aged-out 19-year-olds experience homelessness and over 40% couch-surf (Courtney et al., 2016).
An analysis of administrative data in Washington State finds more than one-quarter (28%) of youth experienced a homeless episode within 12 months of aging out of foster care.
Unstable housing: According to the same study, 52% of youth who aged out of foster care in California in 2017 experienced unstable housing within the first year after leaving care.