By Aryana Gupta
We have all heard of foster care — temporary housing arrangements in which state-approved adults care for children whose biological parents or legal guardians are unable to care for them for various reasons.
However, little about the thousands of children and their experiences are ever brought to the public’s attention. Mainstream media rarely mention the subject outside the context of crime. But on May 8, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed a new state law that local youths say will help prevent some of the problems youths face when aging out of care.
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