For children entering the foster care system, every day is a challenge to beat the odds.  Many of them are sick or hurt, and suffer four times as many emotional problems as other kids.  To make matters worse, it’s a struggle to provide the basic needs that most children take for granted, like school supplies, shoes, toys or even warm clothes. With your support, Sleep Train is making a difference for foster kids in need.

OUR COMMITMENT TO THE FOSTER CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY

Not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child™.

There are nearly 80,000 children in the California foster care system. Many have suffered the effects of neglect, poverty and even abuse. Studies show that for many foster children, the challenges are just beginning.
  
  Each year, over 30,000 California children enter foster
  care.
  
  The majority of foster children have at least one
  chronic medical condition.
  
  Foster children experience 4 times the emotional
  problems as their peers.
  
  Foster children average three different placements,
  and nearly half do not return to live with their
  biological families.
  
  Foster kids repeat a grade twice as often as other
  students.
  
  They score 15-20 percent below other kids on
  statewide tests.
  
  37% of foster youth drop out of high school, compared
  to 16% of the general population.
  
  At age 18, 61% have no job experience and 1/3 end up
  on welfare.
  
  Within 18 months of aging out of the system, up to 50%
  of foster youth become homeless.


But it doesn't have to be that way. Sleep Train USA® has joined forces with specific and targeted foster charity organizations and the community to help California’s foster kids. With your help, we can provide foster children with the little things that can make a big difference. Things like school supplies, new shoes, clothing, a Christmas present or warm coat. With your help we strive to help foster kids beat the odds. Learn more about our current collection effort.