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Monday, February 25, 2008

Children Aging out of the Foster Care System Face Difficult Odds

Children Aging out of the Foster Care System Face Difficult Odds

Children in the foster care system have typically already survived significant trauma or abuse, but as they grow older and approach aging out of the system, they face even more difficult odds. Children who reach 18 and adulthood in the foster care system without being adopted or having any family or mentor of their own have staggeringly high rates of imprisonment, homelessness, alcohol and substance abuse, and a myriad of other problems.

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