RealTracs has embraced Tennessee Kids Belong as its official charity, and is dedicated to raising awareness, fundraising, and support work.
You can help the Tennessee Kids Belong non-profit vision of giving children in foster care a face and a voice as well. Visit their website at http://americaskidsbelong.org/tn today to find out more, and how you can help one of the over 6,000 children in foster care in Tennessee.
Some facts:
- There are well over 6,000 children in Tennessee’s foster care system.
- More than 6,000 have the goal of being reunited with their birth family and need a loving foster family while they wait.
- 350 are legally-free for adoption and are waiting for a forever family.
Did you know?
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Every year, 26,000 children in U.S. foster care age out of the system at 18 (or 21 in some states) with little or no support.
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Less than half will have graduated from high school
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1 in 4 will be in trouble with the law within just two years of aging out
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Nearly 2/3 of the girls will be pregnant by age 21
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1 in 4 will experience Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in their lifetime (more than twice the rate of U.S. Veterans of War)
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1 in 5 will become homeless
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All have an exponentially higher risk of becoming a victim of human trafficking
