Long-Term Outcomes

• Gateway has served generations of children and families since 1891.
• Since 1997, Gateway has helped families pay back more than $70 million of debt.
• Gateway exceeds national statistics in helping foster youth graduate from high school, get a job and transition into adulthood.

Since launching our strategic plan in January 2016

• More than 140 foster youth got a job.
• More than 80 foster youth enrolled in college.
• More than 400 foster children are with forever families.
• More than 500 families stayed together through in-home counseling.
• Families paid back more than $2.4 million of debt.
• More than 90 families kept their homes and avoided foreclosure.

In Just One Year

• Families paid back $991,212 of debt
• 131 families stayed together after intensive in-home counseling
• 88 children returned to their families
• A record-breaking 13 foster children were adopted
• 98 families kept their homes and avoided foreclosure
• 234 families avoided bankruptcy
• 41 teens in foster care got a job and are learning to become independent adults