Municipal Action Guide to Help Cities Support Foster Youth Transitions

Municipal Action Guide to Help Cities Support Foster Youth Transitions

Each year, more than 20,000 youth across the nation “emancipate” from foster care systems at around 18 years of age. Already having faced the trauma of removal from their birth families and possible multiple placements, these youth face numerous pitfalls as they transition to independent adulthood. Compared with their peers, they run a higher risk of becoming homeless, dropping out of school or college, becoming unemployed and relying on public benefits and becoming involved in crime as they seek to make it on their own.

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