08.20.06 Young Adults Must Find Way After Foster Care

Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH

Highlighting the needs and obstacles young foster care youth face when emancipating from the foster care system, this article provides insights into what we can do to help.

"Every year, about 20,000 youngsters across the country "age out" of foster care, the surrogate system that looks after children removed from their families, usually because of abuse or neglect... McCafferty also hopes to pair more young people with adult mentors, and the county has a youth advisory council so the kids themselves can weigh in about what they need."