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On Their Own What Happens to Kids When They Age Out of the Foster Care System?

On Their Own What Happens to Kids When They Age Out of the Foster Care System?
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  • ISBN-13: 9780465077663
  • ISBN: 0465077668
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Publisher: Perseus Books Group

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Shirk, Martha, Stangler, Gary, Carter, Jimmy

SUMMARY

Each year, as many as 25,000 teenagers "age out" of foster care, usually when they turn eighteen. For years, a government agency had made every important decision for them. Suddenly, they are on their own, with no one to count on. What does it mean to be eighteen and on your own, without the family support and personal connections that most young people rely on? For many youth raised in foster care, it means largely unhappy endings, including sudden homelessness, unemployment, dead-end jobs, loneliness, and despair, On Their Own tells the compelling stories of ten young people whose lives are full of promise, but who face economic and social barriers stemming from the disruptions of foster care. This book serves as a call for action to provide youth in foster care the same opportunities on the road to adulthood that most of our youth take for granted--access to higher education, vocational training, medical care, housing, and relationships within their communities.Shirk, Martha is the author of 'On Their Own What Happens to Kids When They Age Out of the Foster Care System?', published 2006 under ISBN 9780465077663 and ISBN 0465077668.

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