Aging Out

Every year hundreds of children legally age out of the foster care system without any family or people to support them.
Through the work of The Connecting Grounds Outreach with the unsheltered community, there is a disproportionate amount of youth who experience homelessness either young or later in life due to the correlation of trauma and the absence of a support system.

This video shares a few stories of adults who aged out of the foster care system. I HIGHLY recommend watching this video to understand the impact of aging out.

  • This resource provides data which gives a unique perspective on the state of the national foster care system and what children face who are aging out of care.

    Read this article here.

  • This resource provides a lot of perspectives on how to support youth who are aing out of care. Click here.

Additional Resources

This is another video that shares stories of young adults who are aging out of care by following them through the early days of aging out (This is Part 1 of the PBS series).

Part 2 of the PBS Series on “The Day I Age Out”

Part 3 of the PBS Series on “The Day I Age Out”