Approximately 20,000 of those youth (from U.S. foster care) age-out each year without positive familial supports or any family connection at all. Within 18 months of emancipation 40-50% of foster youth become homeless.
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Your mother sounds like an absolute angel, so how did you end up abused?
My mother took in foster kids for a while when I was a young child. I have my own story to tell someday...when I’m able.