15.6 M

U.S. homes were food insecure in 2016. That’s 12.3% of all households in the country.

72%

of children whose parents have poor reading skills also read at the lowest levels.

$230 BN+

in healthcare costs is caused by low adult literacy every year.

55%

of Appalachian Residents are more likely to die from a drug overdose than the rest of the U.S.

84,994

refugees settled in the U.S. in the 2016 fiscal year.

50%

of the 2 million immigrants who come to the U.S. each year don’t have a high school education or proficient English language skills.

46%

of refugees admitted to the U.S. in 2016 were Muslim.

an increase of

41,000

children in the U.S. foster care system occurred between 2012 and 2016.

More than

20%

of youth that age out of foster care will be homeless.

With more than

620,000

children in foster care and evangelical churches in the U.S., it would be possible to place every child in a loving, Christian home.

Less than

3%

of former foster youth earn a college degree by age 25, compared to 28% of the general population.

Did you Know

1 in 6

endangered runaways reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 2016 were likely sex trafficking victims.

Did you Know

70-85%

of trafficked children in the U.S. were in foster care.

Did you Know

14-16

is the common age of children entering sex trafficking in the U.S.

More than

$306 BN

worth of damage from natural disasters has occurred in the U.S. in 2017 alone.

Did you Know

3 of 5

costliest hurricanes in U.S. history occurred in 2017.

Did you Know

80%

of flood damage from Hurricane Irma was uninsured.

Did you Know

25%

of all homes in the Florida Keys were destroyed by Hurricane Irma, and 65% sustained major damage.