Special Report: Aged Out
“Hear me roar” — former Colorado foster youths speak out to improve system for those who follow
Project Foster Power is a group of teens and 20-somethings intent on improving Colorado law...
How to help Colorado foster kids
Volunteer. Donate. Become a foster parent or mentor. These are ways to help foster children...
Most Colorado foster kids change schools at least once a year, and performance falls with each move
School districts are now required to have child welfare education liaisons, a point-of-contact between schools...
Moved from school to school, fewer than 1 in 4 foster kids graduate. That’s worse than homeless kids.
Each year, more than 200 foster kids in Colorado exit the system at age 18...
Stephen was adopted from foster care as a teenager in Colorado. He was one of the only ones
For any foster kid still in care at age 15 in Colorado, the odds of...
One Colorado foster child moved 46 times. Toughest cases get more attention, but resources are stretched
The state Division of Child Welfare developed the list using an algorithm to predict which...
Alone in the world:聽Foster kids in Colorado leave system with no home, no family, little support
For those who age out of the foster care system, there is no lifeline to...
鈥淭his is youth homelessness.” 105 sit on waiting list for foster youth housing vouchers
More than 80 former foster youths, aged 18 to 24, are using the federal vouchers...
Aged Out: A note about this series from reporter Jennifer Brown
The Denver Post's "Aged Out" series aims to illuminate the struggles that foster youths face...