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Aging out of foster care puts youth at risk; extended care helps

Youth who age out of foster care at the age of majority face markedly elevated risks of homelessness, poverty, and educational and employment shortfalls in early adulthood; remaining in extended foster care past 18 is associated in state-level policy and longitudinal studies with substantially reduced homelessness, though one national prospective study finds no protective effect of extended care or independence services.

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