in foster care are also disproportionately vulnerable to sexual abuse, andLGBTQ youth spoke with are committed to advancing the rights and visibility of foster youth. “Every time I have a chance to speak out, I do, because one thing that Americans don’t understand is that every problem that we see is systemic. Every single problem that we see is connected to each other somehow,” Lanitta says. “People say, ‘Youth are our future, our prosperity.’ But what are we doing to make sure that all youth have a great foundation and they can be built up in a healthy manner?”Get the Teen Vogue Take.Sign up for theTeen Vogueweekly emailRelated:How Foster Youth Shadow Day Helped Me Find Peace poked fun at her dad's Christmas tree, with no ornaments but a giant unicorn balloon on top.Courtesy of Instagram/@camimendes11. Lili ReinhartLiliwatched wintery movies likeFrozenandThe Holidaywith her family. Classic.12. Cole SprouseCole concerning the well-being of foster alumni. According to the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, an organization committed to helping those leaving foster care and now part of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, more than one in five former foster youth become homeless after age 18. One in four young people become involved with the criminal-justice system within two years of leaving foster care. Seventy-one percent of young women who age out of foster care become pregnant by age 21. Just 58% of foster youth graduate from high school by age 19, and fewer than3%complete a four-year college degree by age 25.