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One of the great american writers has died, joan didion, the iconic sis novelist and journalist passed away from parkinson's 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 stay in that system? where can they turn? here's cynthia mcfadden with that story. >> reporter: dem...

At all. >> reporter: there may be one exception to that, frank vega, who vowed when he got out of the military he'd 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 don't 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 foster care system. >> i think i'm still in survival mode right now. i'm barely making it. i pay ...

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.