Imagine turning 18 and immediately becoming homeless.
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That’s the reality for approximately 20,000 young adults across the country who will age out of the foster care system each year.
In Florida, about 750 young adults will be part of that statistic, and the odds are against them.
Read: A focus on Florida’s aging foster youth
Only one in two young adults who emancipate from the foster care system will be gainfully employed by age 24, and less than 3% of all who age out will ever earn a college degree.
9 Family Connection is proud to present ‘Out Of Time: A Focus On Florida’s Aged-Out Foster Youth’.
Read: First look: Brevard Family Partnership to take over foster care in Orange, Osceola and Seminole
We talk to young adults with lived experience about the empowerment process, the advocates working to help them and how you can help fill the gaps Saturday at 7pm on Channel 9.
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