A foster child may have a lower chance in succeeding in life. More trouble in their life and more trouble with schoolwork.

This was to begin with an assertion of mine, but now I realize it is true. After looking at many different statistics I found out that a large percent of foster children end up becoming homeless because of being 'forced out' or another common term: 'pushed out' by their foster care system. This is in fact because they age out of their foster care system most commonly when they turn 19.

And now, I'm wondering why are so many people who were foster care children homeless!

Well the following is basically an opinion of mine and I'm not saying it has to be true but I think that growing up a foster care child doesn't have the same opportunities as other children, and are NOT given employment skills... Etc. I guess this is because they grow up in a home not as loving or secure as other children. And don't get me wrong, this is not true for some foster homes: some foster homes are very loving and the foster parents are amazing.

But others are not so.

And when an average foster child grows up, they do not have the connections as another child may, and when they turn nineteen, they find themselves in a mess with no where and nobody to turn to.

My proposal is MORE programs to help homeless youth get back on their feet, and other at-risk youth to be PREVENTED from becoming homeless.

More programs will give at-risk children (including foster children) and homeless youth a BETTER and BRIGHTER future to look foward to! And the same opportunities as children who are born into a well off loving family.

When someone showed me this article in the Vancouver Sun, I was horrified. To think that CITY WORKERS would kick a homeless man out of his only living space on the streets is brutal.

If you haven't read the article, what happened is a homeless man was quietly camping outside of the Salvation Army in Abbotsford when some city workers came to him and said: 'we are going to make it very unpleasant for you around here... So you'd get your bedrolls up and get out of here' the city workers did make that mans life difficult with the most immature tactics... By pouring CHICKEN MANURE on him and his group.

What really concerns me is that the Mayor of Abbotsford apologized when the public started to hear about the matter, and my question is: would the mayor have even apologized if the city had come around to complaining about it?

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An estimated 68% of homeless youth come from foster care

39% of the homeless population is under 18 years old.

About 75% of homeless youth use drugs or alcohol as a coping mechanism to deal with traumatic experiences from their pasts.

Usually (on average) homeless youth left home at the age of fifteen.