@everittdmickey, thank you for your comment, yes, the government brought another act in 2008, for extension in foster care upto 19, 20 or 21. This act allowed the "STATE" to receive "reimbursement" under the federal title IV-E, well, this only added little "changes" to the lives of those who desired to stay. But it didn't change the situations of this people that much.
Secondly, not all states implemented this extension.
The odds of those who stayed was good, but not by any considerably huge margins either, this people still had to live within this system they already detested, most of them were traumatized and the damage had already been done. Most of the funds are not implemented well by the states for what it aught to be used for.
Another thing is "A huge number of the foster children who had been in foster care for so long do not see the need to stay either because they want to leave, they were tired of the system and the troubles they get everyday." On paper it was supposed to be good, a few have benefited, Below are the condition to be eligible for this extension :
completing secondary education or equivalent credential,
• enrolled in an institution which provides post-secondary or vocational education,
• participating in a program to promote or remove barriers to employment,
• employed for at least 80 hours per month, or
• incapable of doing these activities due to a medical condition.
So, not all were eligible for this extension.
A transition plan is only made 90 days prior to the child leaving the foster home.
The set back were still huge, for most, it was like staying extra years same way they have stayed all year. It's implementation was greatly loose and many state never accepted to extend, After Nine years of this Act, there has only been little changes to the whole system. If the government wants to make any change, She has to go deeper and deeper down the root to solve the main problems, that exceeds all these. The negative effect of the whole system is still very huge . Thank you so much @everittdmickey
@everittdmickey, thank you for your comment, yes, the government brought another act in 2008, for extension in foster care upto 19, 20 or 21. This act allowed the "STATE" to receive "reimbursement" under the federal title IV-E, well, this only added little "changes" to the lives of those who desired to stay. But it didn't change the situations of this people that much.
Secondly, not all states implemented this extension.
The odds of those who stayed was good, but not by any considerably huge margins either, this people still had to live within this system they already detested, most of them were traumatized and the damage had already been done. Most of the funds are not implemented well by the states for what it aught to be used for.
Another thing is "A huge number of the foster children who had been in foster care for so long do not see the need to stay either because they want to leave, they were tired of the system and the troubles they get everyday." On paper it was supposed to be good, a few have benefited, Below are the condition to be eligible for this extension :
So, not all were eligible for this extension.
A transition plan is only made 90 days prior to the child leaving the foster home.
The set back were still huge, for most, it was like staying extra years same way they have stayed all year. It's implementation was greatly loose and many state never accepted to extend, After Nine years of this Act, there has only been little changes to the whole system. If the government wants to make any change, She has to go deeper and deeper down the root to solve the main problems, that exceeds all these. The negative effect of the whole system is still very huge . Thank you so much @everittdmickey
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