New Podcast Series Advocates for Foster Youth [ChronicleOfSocialChange.org]

Samantha Sangenito 7/11/178:10 AM

After leaving foster care, Jessica Francis had to grow up alone, often looking to Google for guidance.

“I had to figure out a lot of things on my own,” Francis said in an interview on the Foster Movement Podcast, produced by the Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO). In the podcast’s pilot episode, Francis shared her personal experience of navigating the foster care system starting at age of 12 before later pursuing higher education and career.

Without any other options, young adults leaving foster care often find that “if something happens, [they] don’t really have anywhere to go back to,” Francis said.

[For more of this story, written by Stephanie Pham, go to https://chronicleofsocialchang...r-foster-youth/27413]

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