Queer Youth, Homelessness, and the Failure of the Foster Care System
Words: 1906 Pages: 6 5264News came from Keap Street, a group home that houses LGBTQ youth in New York City. Bella had once again attempted suicide by inhaling the screen from her crack pipe. She was hospitalized but fortunately managed to survive to see her 21st birthday a month later. Despite narrowly escaping death, Bella faced a new challenge: transitioning into life after aging out of the foster care system. There are more than 400,000 youth just like Bella in the American foster system […]