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"In 2014, 22,392 youth emancipate - or "age out" - from the foster care system when they reach age 18 or finish high school. (Some states have extended care through th ages of 20 or 21.) Youth foster care often do not get the help they need with high school completion, employment, accessing health care, continued educational opportunities, hosuing and transitional arrangements. Studies of youth who have left foster care hace shown they are more likely than those in the general populationo to not finish high school, be unemployed, and be dependent on public assistance. Many find hemselves in prison, homeless, or parents at and early age."
Child Protective Services - “Helping children in abuse and neglect help get adopted or transition into adulthood.”
- Website: DFPS - Texas Child Protective Services (CPS) (state.tx.us)
- Address: 3521 SW 15th Ave, Amarillo, TX 79102
Downtown Women’s Center - “To provide housing and services to victims, homelessness, and addictions.”
- Website: www.dwcenter.org
- Address: 409 S Monroe St, Amarillo, TX 79101
- Phone Number: (806) 372-3625
- Primary Contact: Shannon Davis ; Email: [email protected]
Faith City Mission - “Desires to take someone in a crisis situation and transition them into a life of altruism, where they can live and thrive on their own.”
- Website: www.faithcity.org
- Address: 600 N Tyler, Amarillo, TX 79107
- Phone Number: (806) 373-6402