On their own : what happens to kids when they age out of the foster care system?
by
 
Shirk, Martha.

Title
On their own : what happens to kids when they age out of the foster care system?

Author
Shirk, Martha.

ISBN
9780465077663

Personal Author
Shirk, Martha.

Publication Information
[New York] : Basic Books, 2006, c2004.

Physical Description
x, 326 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Contents
On their own in a world of unknowns -- A tale of three brothers : Jermaine, Jeffrey and Lamar Williams, Brooklyn, New York -- "I know that I'm not alone" : Holly Moffett, Boston, Massachusetts -- "All my life, I had prayed for a family" : Alfonso Torres, Pembroke Pines, Florida -- "I never want to sleep on the street" : Raquel Tolston, San Francisco, California -- "If I'd been tougher" : Casey-Jack Kitos, Lawrence, Kansas -- "I was tired of living that life" : Monica Romero, San Antonio, Texas -- Mentally retarded, mentally ill, and on his own : Reggie Kelsey, Des Moines, Iowa -- "There is life after abuse" : Giselle John, Brooklyn, New York -- What we must do.

Subject Term
Foster children -- United States -- Case studies.
 
Problem youth -- United States -- Case studies.
 
Youth with social disabilities -- United States -- Case studies.

Added Author
Stangler, Gary J.


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