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Executive Summary Improving Housing Outcomes for Youth Who Age Out Of Foster Care Out of the 6,712 youths discharged from foster care in New York City in 2011, 13.2% were between 18 and 21 years old and had aged out of care. When these youth age out of care, they are on their own. They …

Living in foster care can be tough, but barely having any support makes it a lot tougher. Almost one year ago, I was 21-years-old and on the verge of being discharged out of the foster care system. I wasn’t living in what is known as “stable housing” – meaning my living situation was not permanent. …

A study by The Center for an Urban Future documents the alarming number of young people aging out of New York City’s foster care system that are unemployed. And an unacceptably high number of foster care alumni go from being minor to adult wards of the state. This major new study by The Center for …