Aging Out of Foster Care – New York City

City is urged to evaluate foster care, By Julis Bosman, April 14, 2010, New York Times: “At 21, a young person in foster care in New York is officially out of the child welfare system. Bill de Blasio, the city’s public advocate, said Wednesday that the government’s involvement should not stop there. In legislation introduced before the City Council, Mr. de Blasio said the city should collect data on former foster children to understand what happens to them once they are out of the city’s care. ‘Too often, young adults who grow up in the city’s foster care system slip through the cracks,’ Mr. de Blasio said. ‘Until we can evaluate what happens to the hundreds of young people who leave foster care each year, we will not know if we are putting them on the path to success or creating a generation of disconnected youth stuck in poverty…'”