Post by Aging Out on Mar 2, 2013 17:52:43 GMT -8
According to the "Midwest Study", not even half of youth aging out receive ILP services (although they were not sure exactly why). I think in a few states, the opportunity simply is not there. From some of the readings I have done, many youth sign themselves out of foster care at age 18, prepared or not, because they "can't stand it anymore". For those of you who work with youth, what do you think could be done differently to entice them to stay in the system in order to take advantage of the benefits of ILP services? What changes could be made as far as the way things are done now? Perhaps the young people (and they can chime in on this) feel they are not allowed enough autonomy? If so, is there a way to change that?