Students in Transition Statistics

In April 2009, over 100 students who qualified for STEP services were surveyed. Participants cited the following reasons when asked these questions:

"Why are you in Transition?":

• Financial issues (44.3%)
• Abuse/Neglect (21.7%)
• Loss of home, foreclosure, eviction (18.3%)
• Parent addiction/mental health (17.4%)
• To be with boyfriend/girlfriend (13.0%)
• Abandoned, parents moved (6.0%)
• Substance abuse (2.6%)

If you are in transition, meaning: without a fixed, regular, and adequate, (electricity, water, bed, and bath) living situation, where are you living? (Check all that apply) 
(Living situations listed below run from those cited most often to those cited least often.)

• Friends/Family
• With Relative
• Apartment/Friend
• Couch Surfing
• Host Home
• In a Shelter (Goodwill or Pete's Place)
• Camper/Campground
• In a Car

What are your immediate needs?

• Getting A Job (47%)
• Transportation (39%)
• Drivers License (37%)
• Housing (36%)
• Buying A Vehicle (34%)
• Clothing (32%)
• Food (29%)
• Drivers Education (27%)
• School Work (24%)
• Plan for Graduation (18%) 
• Counseling (16%)
• College Applications (14%)
• Medical (8%)
• Budgeting (6%)
• Heat/Electric (4%)
• Day Care (2%)
• Resume Building (2%)
• Credit Repair (1%)

What are your top three barriers to graduation?
(Barriers listed below run from those cited most often to those cited least often.)

• Transportation
• Housing
• School Work
• Mental Health
• Finances
• Work Schedule
• Pregnancy

What are your goals after high school?

• Would Like to Go to College (60%)
• Working (55%)
• I Don't Know (30%)
• Marriage (18%)

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Students in Transition Statistics

In April 2009, over 100 students who qualified for STEP services were surveyed. Participants cited the following reasons when asked these questions:

"Why are you in Transition?":

• Financial issues (44.3%)
• Abuse/Neglect (21.7%)
• Loss of home, foreclosure, eviction (18.3%)
• Parent addiction/mental health (17.4%)
• To be with boyfriend/girlfriend (13.0%)
• Abandoned, parents moved (6.0%)
• Substance abuse (2.6%)

If you are in transition, meaning: without a fixed, regular, and adequate, (electricity, water, bed, and bath) living situation, where are you living? (Check all that apply) 
(Living situations listed below run from those cited most often to those cited least often.)

• Friends/Family
• With Relative
• Apartment/Friend
• Couch Surfing
• Host Home
• In a Shelter (Goodwill or Pete's Place)
• Camper/Campground
• In a Car

What are your immediate needs?

• Getting A Job (47%)
• Transportation (39%)
• Drivers License (37%)
• Housing (36%)
• Buying A Vehicle (34%)
• Clothing (32%)
• Food (29%)
• Drivers Education (27%)
• School Work (24%)
• Plan for Graduation (18%) 
• Counseling (16%)
• College Applications (14%)
• Medical (8%)
• Budgeting (6%)
• Heat/Electric (4%)
• Day Care (2%)
• Resume Building (2%)
• Credit Repair (1%)

What are your top three barriers to graduation?
(Barriers listed below run from those cited most often to those cited least often.)

• Transportation
• Housing
• School Work
• Mental Health
• Finances
• Work Schedule
• Pregnancy

What are your goals after high school?

• Would Like to Go to College (60%)
• Working (55%)
• I Don't Know (30%)
• Marriage (18%)

Return to the STEP Home Page