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Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty

Foster Youth and Higher Education

For foster care kids, college degrees are elusive, By Teresa Wiltz, December 7, 2017, Stateline: “Since she was 2, Alexis Barries has bounced from foster home to group home to finally, a place of her own. She’s got dreams of becoming an attorney, and even started college early, at 16…”