After living in 14 different foster-home placements, 14-year-old Alex (name changed) said she felt depressed and isolated. Like the estimated400,000-plus other children currently living without a permanent family in the foster care system, Alex has experienced childhood trauma and moved from home to home.
She had threatened suicide, which led to her being hospitalized. She said she did not feel able to communicate her feelings to her caregivers.
Many foster youth like Alex struggle to stay within a home or a community for the long term. Onaverage, young people in foster care go through more than three placement changes, and 65 percent experience seven or more school changes.
[For more of this story, written by Sarah Zahedi, go to http://jjie.org/wraparound-ser...es-with-help/128053/]
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