- There are more than 19,000 children in LA in the foster care system who need a loving family
- 19% of all children in foster care in LA County are LGBTQ
- 25-40% of homeless youth are LGBTQ
- Less than 50% of foster youth graduate from high school and only 3% graduate from college.
- 50% of youth who have aged out of foster care end up homeless or incarcerated.
- Teen girls in foster care are 2.5 times more likely to become pregnant by age 19 than those not in foster care.
- Intensive Treatment Foster Care (ITFC) offers parents in-home support
- Look at our next page to learn about the difference between Foster Care and Intensive Treatment Foster Care (ITFC)
Watch the story of this family...and come meet them on June 21st.
PANELISTS:
MODERATORS: Jorge Razo FFA/ITFC/Adoption Director at Hathaway-Sycamores
Karina Souquette FFA/ITFC/Adoption Director at Aviva Children & Family Services
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- Christopher Hopgood
& Morton Lee: ITFC Parents
through Hathaway-Sycamores
- Tamar Chafets: ITFC Parent through Aviva Center
- Som Chounlamountry: ITFC Parents through Children’s
Institute
- Karla Miranda: ITFC &
Adoptive Parent through Hathaway-Sycamores
- Jenny Ramirez FFA Parent through The Village Family Service
- Wayne Jackson: Former Foster
Youth
- Regina King Former
Foster Youth
- Lawrence Former Foster Youth
- Sarah Vitorino, PhD R.I.S.E. inititiative from the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center
MODERATORS: Jorge Razo FFA/ITFC/Adoption Director at Hathaway-Sycamores
Karina Souquette FFA/ITFC/Adoption Director at Aviva Children & Family Services
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