Calls to extend leaving age for kids in care

Peggy Giakoumelos - SBS News

An Australian NGO, the Create Foundation, along with foster care agencies and other community support services, have formed a campaign called 'The Home Stretch,' calling on the Australian government to raise the age up to which a young person can stay in foster care to 21, from the current maximum age of 18. The article explains the campaign's reasoning for this extension and the work of Create and other organizations to support young people who have aged out of care.