You need to upgrade your Flash Player
About the Alex Smith Foundation
Mark your calendar for the Alex Smith Foundation event on June 25, 2008 at the Hard Rock Hotel, San Diego
Please note that the previous newsletter that was mailed had listed the Hard Rock Cafe as the location.
The event is actually being held at the Hard Rock Hotel located at:
Hard Rock Hotel
207 5th Ave
San Diego, CA 92101
 |
 |
Why?
Why does our society spend billions of dollars on foster children, only to abandon these kids when they’re on the verge of becoming adults? It seems like we’re dropping the ball at the goal line.
[-] More
Within two years of leaving the system, why do:
• 50% end up unemployed?
• One-third require public assistance?
• Almost one-third become homeless?
• 25% become incarcerated?
• Less than one in 10 attend college, and only one in 100 actually graduate?
Source: Children’s Law Center of Los Angeles
Within two years of leaving the system, why do:
• 50% end up unemployed?
• One-third require public assistance?
• Almost one-third become homeless?
• 25% become incarcerated?
• Less than one in 10 attend college, and only one in 100 actually graduate?
Source: Children’s Law Center of Los Angeles
At the Alex Smith Foundation, we don’t believe in sitting
along the sidelines, watching foster children fail. And, we’re not as interested in “why,” as in “how”—how can we help?