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Friday, October 22, 2010

Opinion: California foster care bill treats the wrong wound

Opinion: California foster care bill treats the wrong wound

The outcomes for young people who stay in foster care until age 21 are not good -- they are simply less bad than the outcomes for youths kicked out at 18. A study that found that the current system churns out walking wounded four times out of five also found that if foster care were made perfect, the system still would churn out walking wounded three times out of five.

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