Foster Youth At Greater Risk Of Homelessness
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Indianapolis has a goal to end youth homelessness by 2023. WFYI City Policy Reporter Jill Sheridan covers efforts to reach that goal, and today we look more closely at work to help a group especially vulnerable to youth homelessness. For this next segment, Sheridan talks with WFYI’s Taylor Bennett about the risk for foster youth.
Taylor Bennett: An estimated 250 young people experience homelessness on any given night in Indianapolis. Jill, you’ve been covering youth homelessness and efforts to decrease it why are children in foster care at a greater risk than other demographics?