How States Can Support Older Youth in Foster Care

"The number of youth aging out of foster care has increased every year since 2001.  In the past five years alone, more than 100,000 youth left the foster care system because of age limits or because they ‘aged out’.  This population, although small in number, has a high economic cost to state governments and society as a whole.”

Read more in this compelling article on the effects that this population segment has our economy and promising approaches to improving outcomes for foster youth.