Answer 2

1.  What is your EQ?
How are foster kids being prepared for the real world and what steps are being taken to prevent them from becoming homeless after the age out of the system?

2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
There are few programs set out to help foster kids prepare to live on their own, but the few that are out there mainly help with paying for college and finding transitional homes. Also foster parents play a huge role in preparing foster kids to age out of the system.

3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
Foster kids have few programs, but what I have found helps them the most is evaluating who is close to you and keeping those relationships because in the end the people who care about you are the ones that will help you build a brighter future.

4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.
Form all the articles I have read, keeping your relationships with people close to you is the most important because when you go through a problem its vital for you mental health to have someone to rely on and to have your back. A woman that works with child services told me when a foster child ages out and they are all alone they wind up lonely and making decisions that hurt their future.

5.  What printed source best supports your answer?
My interview 3 is my best source because it was a personal account from a woman who works with foster children everyday.

6.  What other source supports your answer?
The articles "Breaking the vicious cycle of foster care" and "Thousand of Foster Teens are in danger and society doesn't care" were very helpful in developing my answer number too. Also TED talks on the foster system have helped.

7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.
After all the research I have done I believe the most important impact on any child is learning how to build relationships because without them a child will fill alone and will eventually make a life changing decision that could ruin their future.