Assisting youth about to age out of foster care

Upon exit from the foster care system without a family or support network, youth face a higher risk of homelessness, exploitation, teen pregnancy, and incarceration.

I have this challenge

the problem

Statistics are bleak for youth aging out of the United States foster care system. Thousands of foster kids about to age out of foster care could be left behind by a system that regularly neglects the very people it is meant to protect. Providing resources, goal setting, and extended care could save lives and help them become a part of the community that has so far overlooked them.

ideas

The Think of Us platform is a service for foster youth and their advocates to create personalized goals and access curated content specific to aging out of the foster care system.

attributions

https://first.bloomberglp.com/documents/d4gx/bloomberg_papers.zip

Emily Nelson

https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-nelson-bbaba7183/

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