Aging Out of Foster Care in Los Angeles: Opportunities to Prevent Homelessness Among Transition-Aged Youth

Each year, around 1,000 youth age out of Los Angeles’ foster care system. Many of these transition-aged youth (“TAY”) will go on to experience homelessness, and in surveys, nearly one in four youth formerly in foster care report having been homeless at some point between ages 21 and 23. Yet little is known about which TAY in foster care are at highest risk of homelessness or how best to prevent that from happening.

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