Foster Care Youth to Share Stories at Special Event with Iowa Leaders

Foster Care Youth to Share Stories at Special Event with Iowa Leaders

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Each year, some 30,000 youth in the U.S. exit foster care without a connection to a permanent family. As a result, they face greater risks of homelessness, unemployment, incarceration and mental illness. About 450 of those youth each year are from the state of Iowa.