Through her travels across the nation, speaking to congressional members, federal stakeholders and constituents of the foster care system she decided some sort of manual was needed to combat the shocking low success rates of young people with the background of foster care. Now, couple the child welfare system with the element of racial injustices and the history of white supremacy and the topic may even become taboo.Ángela Quijada-Banks, a woman of African and Indigeneous descent has taken the liberty of giving back to these communities for a half a decade through advocacy, advisory and organizational training. There are many youth who become prey to sex-trafficking or suseptable to suicide due to homelessness, mental health challenges and no support system. Many people do not know the very low statistics young people endure in order to successfully age-out of foster care.Less than 5% of young people with the experience of foster care graduate post-secondary education. Foster Care is a whole other world that most of the world's population knows little to nothing about.
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