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Too Old for Foster Care, and Facing the Recession
Even in boom times, young people who become too old for the foster-care system often struggle to make it on their own, lacking families, job skills or adequate educations. Now, the recession has made the challenges of life after foster care even more formidable, especially for those seeking federal housing vouchers, which are contingent on having an income. [Michael Smith will turn 21 in August, and his foster care benefits will expire. He has been searching for work since October. (G. Paul Burnett/The New York Times)]Michael Smith will turn 21 in August, and his foster care benefits will expire. He has been searching for work since October. (G. Paul Burnett/The New York Times) Since the beginning of this year, the city’s Administration for Children’s Services has been providing letters to those about to leave the foster care system, certifying that they are likely to be eligible for public assistance and thus easing the application process when they are ready. Yet, many child-welfare advocates worry that a growing number will still end up homeless. “They get a lot of resources until they’re 21, and then essentially none,” said James J. Golden, the executive director of the Edwin Gould Academy in East Harlem, which provides housing exclusively to former foster children. “It’s like falling off a cliff for some of them.”
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I was soooo lucky to see the exhibit some time ago in Houston. These pics were HUGE. Imagine that. 
