In this week's episode I share my personal story of being in foster care, my experience good and bad and how it's shaped me growing up and into the adult woman I am today. The child welfare system is sometimes described as a highway to homelessness. An estimated 20 percent of young adults who are in care become homeless the moment they’re emancipated at the age of 18. And nationwide, 50% of the homeless population spent time in foster care. Foster care is designed to provide temporary housing and care for children and adolescents until they can be either reunited with their family, taken in by relatives, adopted, or emancipated as an adult. Too often, however, youth that pass through the foster care system fail to find permanent homes, transitioning from one living situation to another. I hope this story not only educates and comforts who needs it but I hope that it sheds light and awareness to the foster care system and the shortfalls of it. Thank you. SOCIAL PLATFORMS: TWITTER: @MoonchildPod1 TIKTOK: @moonchildtalk INSTAGRAM: @moonchildtalk PERSONAL IG: @nadiatreyvana