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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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