Aging Out of Foster Care – Iowa

In transition: Teens aging out of foster care system battle stigma, need support, By Holly Hudson, December 22, 2013, Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier: “Every child who comes through Iowa’s foster care system has a story of their own, and each story is as varied as the children themselves. Laura is a mother of six from Evansdale and asked that her full name not be used. She is decades removed from her experience with the foster system, yet she talks about it like it was yesterday. Laura’s odyssey began when she was removed from her mother’s custody at age 12. Her father had passed away years earlier. Stays in a youth shelter, group homes and even a psychiatric ward followed…”