Success Stories

Of the 53,500 children adopted from foster care in 2021, roughly one-third were by relatives.

There are approximately 2.7 million grandparents raising their grandchildren in the United States.

875,000 children a year – 12 per 1,000 — are either abducted or kidnapped by a relative.

85% of civil legal issues for veterans and their families can substantially affect their lives.

Bay Area Legal Services helped over 1,500 veterans and their families in 2021.

Since 2013, the number of children in either foster homes or housed with relatives has risen by 40 percent.