Wanted: Parents

Ellen Guettler and Catherine Winter:

Advocates for kids are trying to persuade more families to adopt teenagers. If teenagers in foster care don't find permanent families, they face a grim future. They "age out" of foster care, usually when they turn 18 years old, and many wind up on the streets. Every year, more than 24,000 American young people age out of foster care.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 7, 2007 12:00 AM
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