Texas teens in foster care transition [PDF]
Type: Report [PDF]Author/Source: Pam Hormuth, Texas Foster Care Transitions Project, Center for Public Policy Priorities, 2001.
Abstract:
There are approximately 2,500 former foster youth in Texas between the ages of 18 and 21, who are transitioning from foster care to independence. Transitioning foster youth often leave care without access to any formal system of support. While foster youth are called adults at age 18, many situations arise in their lives where they are treated more like teens than adults. These young people are at extreme risk of poverty and homelessness, victimization and criminal involvement, illness, early childbearing and low educational attainment.