With 470 children in Delaware’s foster care system, teens wait the longest for homes and many age out without stability

WHYY Pop-Up Newsroom and Foster Care Resource Fair

Join WHYY News at West End Neighborhood House in Wilmington on Tuesday, Dec. 2, to learn about foster care and adoption opportunities in Delaware.

As Delaware’s foster care system stretches thin across three counties, a quiet crisis is unfolding in homes, courtrooms, hospitals and state offices. Babies with nowhere else to go enter the system. Teenagers linger in temporary placements, hoping for someone who chooses them. And for youth who age out, adulthood begins before stability ever arrives…

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