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DENVER — According to the National Foster Youth Institute, about half of the homeless population across the country has spent time in foster care. Locally, Colorado's National Youth in Transition Database shows that 36% of 21-year-olds who left foster care said they had been homeless at some point in the prior two years.Previously, one of the only resources to help kids aging out of foster care find housing was the voucher system known as Section 8.
DHS, in partnership with county-level Chafee Foster Care programs, has launched a new rental assistance program specifically for those who left foster care and are at risk of being homeless. In addition to rental assistance for an apartment of their choice, the program would assign a case manager to the applicants to help them navigate life on their own.
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