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One study reports that 56% of youth used "street drugs" while in foster care and 33% of youth report experiencing drug or alcohol problems since leaving care. [7] Children who age out of foster care are at a high risk for mental illness; including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and attachment disorders. 15% of foster ...
Dworsky, Amy; Courtney, Mark E. (2009). "Homelessness and the Transition from Foster Care to Adulthood". Child Welfare: 23– 56. Gardner, Deseree (2008), Youth Aging Out of Foster Care, Identifying strategies and best practices, 2007–2008 Presidential Initiative (Issue Brief), Washington, DC: National Association of Counties
Foster youth can choose to participate in extended foster care or not. There are a variety of applications of the phrase throughout the youth development field. [1] In respect to foster care, aging out is the process of a youth transitioning from the formal control of the foster care system towards independent living.
Housing instability among former foster children is a growing problem. National studies estimate that 25% of former foster youths experience homelessness within four years of aging out. Other ...
Mar. 14—For young adults exiting the foster care system, the first step into adulthood may send them stumbling into a bottomless pit. Media reports and studies indicate many of them struggle to ...
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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]
The voices are that of our foster youth who are about to “age out” of state care and enter the real world without the supports that other kids their age enjoy and utilize into adulthood ...