WE REPRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A GROUP OF OUR YOUTH TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE AS THEY TRQANSITION TO ADULTHOOD. WHILE WE RECOGNIZE FOSTER KIDS AGING OUT OF THE STATE SYSTEM AT AGE 18 ARE NOT READY TO MAKE THIS TRANSITION SUCCESSFULLY, THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING. AGING OUT HAPPENS WHEN A CHILD IN FOSTER CARE TURNS THE AGE OF 18 WITHOUT A SAFE AND PERMANENT HOME. THEY ARE DEEMED ADULTS AND ARE NO LONGER UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE CHILD PROTECTION ACT. THEY OFTEN LEAVE FOSTER CARE WITH THE RIGHTS TO THEIR PARENTS HAVING BEEN TERMINATED SOMETIME DURING THEIR CHILDHOOD. THEY HAVE SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THEIR CHILDHOOD IN A FOSTER HOME OR GROUP HOME WITHOUT A HOME OR FAMILY OF THEIR OWN. OFTEN THE ONLY CONSTANT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED IS THEIR LIFE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.