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Push to extend foster care from age 18 to 21 could keep more young adults with services they need Mary Jo Pitzl, Arizona Republic © Mark Henle/The Republic A portrait of Cheyenne Planck, February 8, 2021, at Tempe Beach Park, Tempe, Arizona. Foster care ends abruptly when a youth turns 18. Once young people in state care hit that age, they're legally free of the system — and many foster youth are more than eager to depart. Naketa Ross was one of them when she left her foster placement in Chicago 23 years ago. It was a big mistake. “I was homeless for a while and then ...

Email Push to extend foster care from age 18 to 21 could keep more young adults with services they need Foster care ends abruptly when a youth turns 18. Once young people in state care hit that age, they're legally free of the system — and many foster youth are more than eager to depart. Naketa Ross was one of them when she left her foster placement in Chicago 23 years ago. It was a big mistake. “I was homeless for a while and then I begged the state to take me back on," Ross said, after enduring bed bugs and a stay in a women's shelter. “I didn’t have the skill set to transition i...