A first-of-its-kind report on the transition from foster care to adulthood shows Ohio teens and young adults lagging the nation in employment and education.
By age 21, just 43 percent of former foster youths in Ohio had a high school diploma or equivalent, according to data released last week by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. That compares with 76 percent of the overall U.S. foster-care population and about 92 percent of Ohio’s general population.
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