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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Holton
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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The Baltimore City Successful Transitions Task Force
FOR the purpose of creating the Baltimore City Successful Transitions Task Force to identify and facilitate the delivery of services from government agencies, child welfare advocates, service providers, businesses, faith-based organizations, community groups, and other interested parties to ensure the successful transition to independence of children in Baltimore City’s foster care system.
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The National League of Cities’ (NLC) introduction to the Municipal Action Guide to Help Cities Support Foster Youth Transitions reports that “each year, more than 20,000 youth across the nation “emancipate” from foster care systems at around 18 years of age. Already having faced the trauma of removal from their birth families and multiple placements, these youth face numerous pitfalls as they transition to independent adulthood.”
The NLC found that compared with their peers former foster children run a higher risk of becoming homeless, dropping out of school or college, becoming unemployed, relying on public benefits, and becoming involved in crime as they seek to make it on their own. The NLC compiled the guide to assist city governments because, although they do not administer foster care systems, city governments are increasingly making the transitioning of f...
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