October 26, 2006

ROCHELLE RILEY: Resource center to be lifesaver

Columnist Rochelle Riley references a Wayne State University study released last spring finding that more than 49 percent of youths who aged out of foster care in 2002 and 2003 in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties were homeless at some point during their first three years on their own. Wayne County Community College District announced Wednesday that it will create a $7 million residence and resource center to aid Michigan youths who grow too old for state foster care.

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