Saturday, June 05, 2010

My So-Called Emancipation: From Foster Care to Homelessness for California Youth

Human Rights Watch has released a new report about California youth in foster care with some startling results: At least 20 percent of the 4,000 who are released from foster care each year end up homeless.

Through interviews with 63 young people who became homeless after leaving foster care, it was evident that factors leading to homelessness include "missed opportunities to learn skills, lack of ability to support themselves, a shortage of second chances, and the fact that no one cared what happened to them."

1 comment:

KK said...

Unless you have lived as a homeless, unless you have been down and out, you wont understand what these articles are all about, nor you'll be able to understand where Lisa is coming from!