#AwareShareCare
The more awareness you raise, the more support you give!
Each year, over 1000 youth age out of the child welfare system in Ontario, with little to no support.
During the month of February, StepStones for Youth is striving to reach 1000 people with educational social media posts to raise awareness about this underrepresented issue.
When you share these posts with friends and family, our supporter will donate on your behalf!
What You Need to Know
If you want to join us in raising awareness and funds for this critical issue, here are all the details:
- How it works:
- Aware: Follow us to learn about youth from care
- Share: Share our #AWARESHARECARE posts to your Story/Timeline
- Care: Every Share = $1 donated on your behalf from our supporter
- Eligible posts will be posted every Tuesday and Friday from February 5th-26th
- Follow us on social media so you don’t miss any posts!
- How to Share a Post:
- Donations are available up to a maximum total of $10,000
If you would like to support StepStones for Youth further, please consider donating below.
Sources for Posts
- There are 9300 youth in foster care at any given time in Ontario: OACAS Facts and Figures
- Each year, 1000 youth in Ontario will “age out” of the foster care system: Exploring Youth Outcomes After Aging Out of Care: Provincial Advocate for Children & Youth
- When youth leave foster care
- 57% rely on social services: Provincial Advocate for Children & Youth
- 54% drop out of high school: Provincial Advocate for Children & Youth
- 76% of youth who are victims of crime within 1 year: Homeless Hub
- 193X more likely to be homeless than their peers: Homeless Hub
- Black children were admitted into care 2.2x higher than their proportion in the child population and when investigated were 28% more likely to be placed in care than white children: OHRC
- Indigenous children are 4.1% of Ontario’s under 15 population, but they make up 30% of foster children: OHRC