The Pros And Cons Of Aging Out Of Foster Care
For many teenagers, their 18th birthday is an exciting day. They finally become legal adults where they can go out buy their first lotto ticket, get their first tattoo and most importantly become free from the rules and restrictions from their parents. They are many teens that do not look forward becoming legal because, children living in the foster care system their new freedom brings anxiety and fear. “Youth who age out the foster care system often experience a difficult transition to adulthood in several important domains including housing, schooling and employment.” (1) Aging out of foster care is a significant issue among America’s youth. Every year 20,000 youth will age out. Challenges that these young people face, accessing and maintaining
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“Reports on employment suggest that on average only one-third to one-half of youth out of substitute care are employed, but they do not identify full time vs. part time employment.” (3) With that being said, Foster youth do not earn enough to rake them out of poverty. “On average, former foster care earned $8000 compared to a national average of $18,300.” (3) Financial independence is often unattainable for forth kids. Some challenge facing employment assistance programs for foster youth is the availability of alternative sources of employment services. A large majority of youth receiving several types of employment assistance. “The source of that assistance – whether it be schools, substitute care providers or other community-based organizations – seems to have realized a fairly high rate of participation, which stands the face of this success.” (2) Youth Children have such a challenging time to maintain a job because of other personal issues. Many company will excuse the foster child of stealing if something comes up missing. “Studies have found lower earnings and higher joblessness rates among aged out youth compared to young people of a similar age range.” That is because jobs think they could trust “regular” young adults. Companies think the foster youth work ethic, experience and criminal background are not matches with other
“Reports on employment suggest that on average only one-third to one-half of youth out of substitute care are employed, but they do not identify full time vs. part time employment.” (3) With that being said, Foster youth do not earn enough to rake them out of poverty. “On average, former foster care earned $8000 compared to a national average of $18,300.” (3) Financial independence is often unattainable for forth kids. Some challenge facing employment assistance programs for foster youth is the availability of alternative sources of employment services. A large majority of youth receiving several types of employment assistance. “The source of that assistance – whether it be schools, substitute care providers or other community-based organizations – seems to have realized a fairly high rate of participation, which stands the face of this success.” (2) Youth Children have such a challenging time to maintain a job because of other personal issues. Many company will excuse the foster child of stealing if something comes up missing. “Studies have found lower earnings and higher joblessness rates among aged out youth compared to young people of a similar age range.” That is because jobs think they could trust “regular” young adults. Companies think the foster youth work ethic, experience and criminal background are not matches with other