For every entry, there is an exit.
Children enter the foster care system knowing there is little permanence in their young lives.
Ultimately all must leave foster care. The remainder must leave the system simply because they have grown too old. To many of the 180 San Diego County foster youths emancipated each year, being thrust into the real world without financial or emotional support is like losing their families all over again. Some end up homeless. Others live for a while in their cars while struggling to get through college.