For years foster children in Louisiana had to fend for themselves after they turned 18. The state essentially dumped them out of the system with no help.
Many of them have ended up homeless or in prison, the Louisiana State Task Force on Youth Aging Out of Foster Care reported in 2017. Within a year after leaving the foster care system, one in five young people are homeless. Within two years, one in four are in prison, the task force found.
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