Things People Never Told Me: Aging Out of Foster Care
When foster care students transition out there is a lot of things people never told them. Transitioning out of foster care can be a difficult process, as it requires tremendous maturity and self-discipline. We have highlighted a few tips that will help those transitioning out. Money That bills needed to be paid every month. If I didn’t pay my bills, my information and the money I owed would be sent to a collections agency, which would ruin my “credit.” Also, the agency could charge me more than I owed! That I could use money orders – which are like checks, but are not connected to my bank account but have a service fee of .25-.75 cents Independence That I should NEVER carry my Social Security card or birth certificate in my wallet or purse and that I should store them in a safe place. That I needed rental history or a co-signer to be approved for my first apartment and that my last placement could have been counted as “rental history.” Resources What to do when I d
