On Their Own What Happens to Kids When They Age Out of the Foster Care System

Name: On Their Own What Happens to Kids When They Age Out of the Foster Care System
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ISBN: 9780465077663

ISBN-10: 0465077668

ISBN-13: 9780465077663

Edition: N/A

Authors: Martha Shirk, Gary Stangler, Jimmy Carter

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Each year, as many as 25,000 teenagers "age out" of foster care, usually when they turn eighteen. For years, a government agency had made every important decision for them. Suddenly, they are on their own, with no one to count on. What does it mean to be eighteen and on your own, without the family support and personal connections that most young people rely on? For many youth raised in foster care, it means largely unhappy endings, including sudden homelessness, unemployment, dead-end jobs, loneliness, and despair, On Their Own tells the compelling stories of ten young people whose lives are full of promise, but who face economic and social barriers stemming from the disruptions of foster…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 8/8/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English