How Homelessness Crisis in LA Affects Aged-out Foster Youth [JJIE.org]

Samantha Sangenito 5/25/184:00 AM

Doniesha Thomas is in her bedroom, crouching on the floor and peering into a pet carrier that appears empty. “He’s in there, all the way back,” she said, reaching in to find the kitten she rescued from a nearby vacant lot the day before, though she says she dislikes cats.

Thomas’ bedroom is in her house. Her house, rented in her own name. It’s a single-family dwelling in south central LA that she shares with her fiancé and a roommate.

[For more of this story, written by Lauren Lee White, go to https://jjie.org/2018/05/18/ho...ed-out-foster-youth/]

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