Product Description
by Tammy Spence (Author)
What happens when foster care ends, but life hasn't yet begun?
Every year, thousands of youth "age out" of foster care-alone, unsupported, and unprepared for adulthood. Within 2 years of emancipation, half will face homelessness, unemployment, incarceration, or exploitation. But these outcomes are not inevitable.
They are fixable.
Tammy Engles Spence is a trauma-informed social worker and founder and Executive Director of Second Shift, an organization that assists foster care alumni in their journey to sustainable independence. She combines powerful storytelling, real-world solutions, and a call to action for individuals, professionals, and communities who want to change the trajectory for vulnerable youth.
In #fixABLE You'll explore the most critical outcomes faced by former foster youth.
But this isn't just a book about problems, it's a blueprint for fixing them.
With practical ideas, trauma-informed frameworks, and real actions for every reader, #fixABLE doesn't just encourage you it equips you to be the change.
Whether you're a foster parent, faith leader, educator, mentor, nonprofit leader, social worker-or Anyone who's ever asked, "How can I make a real difference?" -#fixABLE will inspire and equip you to be the fix in a broken system.
