US: Drowning and Forgotten: Former Foster Youth with Disabilities (Commentary)
Imprint – January 03, 2023
Aging out of foster care is already hard for the average foster youth, but it can be even harder when that foster youth has a disability. Having a disability compounds the financial instability that many of us already face. Housing instability, poverty, employment instability, living paycheck to paycheck, and many other financial barriers are all things that foster youth already face, but people with disabilities are at higher risk for all this on top of having increased expenses relating to their disability. According to the National Disability Institute, a household with a disability that impacts employment will need an additional $17,690 of income a year, on average, to obtain the same standard of living as a household without a member with a disability.
https://imprintnews.org/youth-voice/drowning-and-forgotten-former-foster-youth-with-disabilities/236841