"After extremely traumatic and fractured childhoods, Australia's young people who have been in the care of the state, in foster, kinship or residential care, deserve better." On their 18th birthday they find themselves with no case worker to help them out, no service to meet their needs, no home to turn to. In Australia, 3000 young Australians are evicted from state care on their 18th birthday every year. If we extended state care, these kids would have a roof over their head and ongoing case management and support until they are 21. Evicting kids from state care at 18 is wrong.

Source: Huffington Post August 10, 2017 00:22 UTC