Early this year, Nathaniel Gordon, 18 years old, received his high school diploma! He graduated with 36 college credits and an almost perfect grade point average. He is the first of the participants of the Philadelphia School District alternative program in recent years to attend an Ivy League and...
I am 1 out of 19,945 youth and young adults who aged out of the system in 2017. I was able to overcome all negative outcomes placed upon youth aging out of care. I have never experienced homelessness, never been unemployed, my family and I successfully transitioned out of poverty, my mom has...