Out of foster care, into college, By Michael Winerip, October 30, 2013, New York Times: “By definition, foster children have been delinquent, abandoned, neglected, physically, sexually and/or emotionally abused, and that does not take into account nonstatutory abuses like heartache. About two-thirds never go to college and very few graduate, so it’s a safe bet that those who do have an uncommon resilience. In a society where many young men and women live with their parents well into their 20s, foster children learn quickly that they are their own responsibility…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty