21 Things- Don't leave foster care without them

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We've created a poster listing the 21 things everyone should have when exiting foster care. They are:
1. Test your Life Skills. Take the ACLSA.
2. Join the Independent Living Program.
3. Build a Transition Plan.
4. Get Solid: Understand what permanence is about...and get it if you can.
5. Surround yourself with a safety net, make a pact with Supportive adults.
6. Find out above Chafee.
7. Get a rental reference from you foster home.
8. Secure a place to live, have a backup plan.
9. Get you social security card and birth certificate.
10. Get state-issued photo-ID.
11. Get a copy of court docs that prove you were in care.
12. Open a bank account (and savings too).
13. Save Money.
14. Get a high school diploma or GED.
15. Find out about money for higher education.
16. Get a job.
17. Get medical coverage. See a doctor.
18. Get mental health coverage. See a therapist before leaving care.
19. Take daily living skills classes.
20. Build and independent living portfolio.
21. Find out if you can stay in care until you're 21.

Download the 21 things poster

Bay-Lee

Bay-Lee :)
I think it is really nice to have this kind of information infront of us, aiding us into adult hood. i think it will be very useful in the next couple of months as i am aging out.

Feb 20th