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Vanessa L. De Niro

Emancipating foster youth and health care

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Health Concerns Of Youth, Who Age Out Of The System, Vanessa L. De Niro Feb 2010

Health Concerns Of Youth, Who Age Out Of The System, Vanessa L. De Niro

Vanessa L. De Niro

This paper is about the failure of the child welfare system to provide adequate or proper medical care to foster children while under state jurisdiction. As a result, numerous health problems are confronted by former foster youth who no longer receive publicly funded medical care after emancipation.

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