This website details recent statics of exploited youth who have been involved with the foster care system. The website states that approximately 26,000 youth who leave the foster care system or age out at the age of 18 have many issues meeting the basic needs. The site found out that these youth lack health care, education, employment, housing and emotional support. Many states appear to have laws that states these youth are to receive services called independent living to help them transition into adult, however there is an increasing number of states that will let the youth remain or they are able to return to the foster care system after the age of 18. The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 was signed on Oct. 7, 2008, this law gives states the right to get money from the federal Title IV-E reimbursement. States can get these for paid back to them for the cost that come with support for youth who remain in the foster care system until they are 21 years old.
The Fostering Connections Act states that any state that provides Title IV-E funds for foster care, adoption, or guardianship assistance payments in most cases until the youth is 21 years old. In most cases the must complete a secondary educational program or one that provides the same equivalent credential. The youth must have been enrolled in an institution that have either a post-secondary or a vocational educational program. The youth can also participate in a program that has been designed to promote employment or remove any barriers for employment.
The last requirement that a youth can have is they can be employed for at least 80 hours per month to remain a part of the program
