Statistics show only about 50 percent of foster students graduate high school. Leaving school and the system without a family can be scary, and that's why organizations in Bexar County are stepping up to make sure that transition into the world, is safe and successful.

SAN ANTONIO – Jabez Tompkins isn’t letting foster care or a global pandemic stop him from graduating high school. He has spent the last three years at SJRC Texas, formerly St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, a campus for high-risk foster youth. He is one of 562 foster youth in Texas graduating high school this year. ”Adopt a Senior was really just aiming to give graduating foster children a graduation gift. AdLast year Beaton started the Adopt a Senior program, giving those same bags to graduating seniors, filled with gifts including $100 gift cards.