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Foster, Adoptive, & Blended Families

They Didn’t Age Out of Our Hearts: Mentoring Kids Who Have Aged Out of Foster Care
ByDebbie Ausburn May 28, 2026May 27, 2026

National Aging Out of Foster Care Awareness Day falls on May 31, and it is one of the observances I find hardest to let pass without saying something. Not because the statistics are new to me (though they remain stunning), but because the question underneath…

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Resilience Youth Serving Organizations

The Cliff Is Real: How Youth Organizations Can Support Kids Aging Out of Foster Care
ByDebbie Ausburn May 28, 2026May 27, 2026

Saturday, May 31, is National Aging Out of Foster Care Awareness Day. The observance exists because what happens to young people at the moment the system releases them is, by most measurable standards, a national failure. Approximately 20,000 youth age out of the U.S. foster…

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Evidence-based ideas and resources for youth-serving organizations and Plan B families, written by Debbie Ausburn, J.D., Donna Caudell, Ed.D., Gena Hood, Ed.S., Amber Jewell, LSCSW, and Tom Rawlings, J.D.

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