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Martha Shirk, Gary Stangler
320 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780813341804
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 17 August 2004
Description
Each year, as many as 25,000 teenagers "age out" of foster care, usually when they turn eighteen. For years, a government agency had made every important decision for them. Suddenly, they are on their own, with no one to count on. What does it mea...
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Martha Shirk, Gary Stangler
320 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780813341804
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 17 August 2004
Description
Each year, as many as 25,000 teenagers "age out" of foster care, usually when they turn eighteen. For years, a government agency had made every important decision for them. Suddenly, they are on their own, with no one to count on. What does it mea...