Several foster teens share their experiences in the foster care system, being eligible for adoption, and the outcomes for themselves and sometimes their siblings. Experiences include foster-to-adoption with a forever family to aging out of foster care on their own:
Julius shares the challenging emotions he felt during his experience in the foster care system, along with his fears about having to leave foster care without a forever family.
Amanda speaks about her difficulty trusting people and her fears about being forced out of the system with a support structure. Her caseworker gave her hope, and she wants to pay that forward to help other kids by telling her story.
Adrian explains how he came to age out of foster care. He speaks candidly about the difficulty of being left alone to transition and manage adult responsibilities without a role model or adult support.
Nancy shares her fears about living on the streets after aging out of foster care. She was excited about the opportunity to be adopted by a family but admitted to testing them to see if they would truly stay as her forever family.
Renee speaks about her fear of being adopted while she was in foster care and the challenges she had trying to make it on her own after aging out of the foster care system. She describes how she navigated some of the issues without the support of an adult and ultimately recommends adoption, so kids have long-term stability and support they can count on.