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A daughter of Nigerian immigrants, she entered Raleigh’s foster care system when her parents were deemed unfit. She was 12. For the next few years, life was a revolving door of group homes.
The program provides services to youth aged 14–18 while they are in Foster Care and also to young adults aged 18–21 who have aged out or are participating in the Foster Care 18 to 21 program, a voluntary program. [4] In some counties there are also services provided for youth in the 13-15 age range. [1]
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More recently, the clearinghouses and now Information Gateway have increasingly used electronic databases and the Internet to provide services, including access to electronic copies of publications; searchable databases of state statutes, foster care organizations, and adoption resources; and interactive online learning tools.
In 2020, there were 407,493 children in foster care in the United States. [14] 45% were in non-relative foster homes, 34% were in relative foster homes, 6% in institutions, 4% in group homes, 4% on trial home visits (where the child returns home while under state supervision), 4% in pre-adoptive homes, 1% had run away, and 2% in supervised independent living. [14]
Those who participate in the AB12 program are considered non-minor dependents of the county in which they were placed into foster care. Foster youth are allowed to re-enter the program up until age 21 if they opted out earlier. [8] The AB12 program allows for two additional supervised independent living setting placements for non minor dependents.
Metro Animal Services Shelter assistant Jennifer Rollins, right, pets Peewee the cat during a visit in 2016 with Peewee’s owner, Michelle Boudrie.
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