Emancipated to Nothingness
PRODUCED BY LAURIE GUTHMANN
EMANCIPATED TO NOTHINGNESS
The foster kids who don’t end up with a foster parent may end up homeless. Though there are structures and programs in place to prepare teenage foster kids for adulthood, homelessness and poverty are just a reality for those preparing to “age out” of the system.
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April Handler, 20, is a former foster child. Since she left the foster care system, she has been living with friends. Today, she stays in a shelter.
On certain nights, Handler said she had to sleep on the subway or walk through the city the entire night until the sun came up. “Sometimes, it’s just not that easy,” she said.
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