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But we got a chance to say what has life been like, do you want to go back to the white house, all those questions she has put a lot of work into crypto currency, benefiting the faster child effort. what will: what a worthy project and natural processes the foster system. once you see what happens with children or siblings were family in that world, that world means a bright light, it needs hope and what a worthy project for her, happy she focused on that. a few additional headlines starting wit...

Importance of fatherhood and this bill does that. it addresses the foster system and all of these poor kids aging out of the foster system in florida and across the country. i hope the entire nation jumps on this because there is no other issue in america that is more important and you can talk about reading levels, 71% of kids dropping out of high school are fatherless. you talk about the homeless crisis, the mass majority are fatherless. mental health issues, mass majority or fatherless. i app...

"You're One of a Kind" will begin at 2 p.m. on February 20. Gaelin Elmore, a former NFL player who grew up in the foster system, will be the featured speaker.

Until the end of this month. >> it is really like this tight rope that youre walking. and, you know, just one little bump is enough to sever the road. thats how it feels. >> reporter: he dropped out of high school to get a job but now makes only $500 a week. >> i tend to have days where i dont eat at all. >> reporter: he has no idea how to open a bank account, cook a meal or file his taxes. >> hes not ready. his basic needs arent being met. >> reporter: it is not just money. vega says demetre, l...

Thats more than double what we saw on tuesday. the sheer numbers are absolutely daunting, but the severity of cases seen in omicrons wake so far are encouraging. miguel almaguer now with the latest. >> reporter: two days before christmas, these are not the traditional lines americans are used to waiting in. holiday cheer turning to frustration as the anxious wait for testing. >> i did one yesterday where i waited for two hours. >> reporter: with testing sites overwhelmed, today new york city wit...

One of the great american writers has died, joan didion, the iconic sis novelist and journalist passed away from parkinsons disease. she was known for her incisive and deeply personal work. her book "the year of magical thinking" about the death of her husband won the national book award in 2005. she was 87. for the hundreds of thousands of american kids without parents or guardians, the u.s. foster care system is a lifeline. albeit an imperfect one. but what happens when they grow too old to ...

At all. >> reporter: there may be one exception to that, frank vega, who vowed when he got out of the military hed help kids who were as lost as he was when he aged out of foster care. >> all our kids need is one caring adult. we get a kick out of it when we see a kid like demetre. who comes in hopeless and we help him. >> he has been that steady arm to me. i dont know what to do. i call him. >> reporter: demetre like 25,000 other kids across the country is poised to age out of the ever-troubled...

LaTasha Watts has overcome some of the worse obstacles a person can face, but she kept pushing through life, eventually creating a non-profit to help those who have suffered the scars often left behind after exiting foster care.

The Rock County board has authorized a probe of its child welfare system in the wake of recent concerns raised by foster parents and others over turnover in Child Protective

The Families First Prevention Services Act will send federal dollars to state in order to provide services to the child and family with the hopes of never having to separate them.