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Title On their own : what happens to kids when they age out of the foster care system? / Martha Shirk & Gary Stangler ; with a foreword by Jimmy Carter.
Author Shirk, Martha.
Publication Info. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2004.
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Description xii, 307 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-298) and index.
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 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.
ISBN 0813341809 : $24.95