San Diego nonprofit Just in Time for Foster Youth publishes a new book, advising other nonprofits and communities how to improve life for foster youth.
SAN DIEGO — Studies show children in foster care are at a greater risk of facing drug abuse, homelessness and incarceration later in life, but a local nonprofit is trying to change that.
"I can speak personally from my experience in foster care, being incarcerated as a ward of the court. I know the adults who handled my case had the intention of protecting me from myself. So the outcomes weren't so great," said Radigan."I was being criminalized for being in survival mode." Irving Chavez says the foster care system treated him as if he was broken, making it hard to reach for success.
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