aging out
San Francisco Examiner reports on need for youth in foster care to have option of extended care
‘It kind of threw me off for the first month,’ Evans said, recalling the sudden responsibility of having to pay his own bills and shop for his own groceries. Evans, now 20, lives by himself in a Daly City apartment. He is taking general studies courses at City College of San Francisco and hopes to become an auto mechanic.
But while he said he was thriving on his own, he was happy to hear about a new law that will let current foster children stay in the system until they turn 21…”
Source: Amy Crawford, San Francisco Examiner, January 8, 2012
Huffington Post article highlights problems for transitional age youth who “age-out” of foster care
“Under the current system, when young people in foster care turn 21, they have the rug pulled out from under them. They must sink or swim. But if they sink, we all pay a price…
Source: Bill Baccaglini, Huffington Post, September 26, 2011
Huffington Post cites Obama’s Administration’s push to focus child welfare on the needs of homeless LGBT youth
In April, the Obama administration sent out a lengthy memorandum calling on child welfare agencies to develop the kinds of interventions [LGBT youth] needed most.” Read the full article here…
Source: Cherkis, Huffington Post, June 1, 2011
