Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 34, Number 11, 1 November 2017 — FACTS ABOUT OUR NATIVE HAWAIIAN YOUTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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FACTS ABOUT OUR NATIVE HAWAIIAN YOUTH

CREDITTO KA HUAKA'1, 2014 | Hl H.O.P.E.S YOUTH ADVOCACY | DMC 201 1

Y0UTH IN P0VERTY

Poverty among young children as a percentage of all children4yearsand younger ACCESS T0 RES0URCES 2 0f 3 Native Hawaiian households with children under the age of four do N0T have a livable ineome

TEEN PREGNANCY

Births to teen mothers as a percentage of total live births JUVENILE ARRESTS

FOSTER YOUTH

48% 0F CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE SYSTEM ARE NATIVE HAWAIIAN AMONG FOSTER CARE YOUTH IN HAWAI'I, BY AGE 24 91% 00 NOT FINISH COLLEGE 52% ARE UNEMPLOYED 37%~~ EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS