
These NC Women Aren’t Defined by Their “Disconnected” Youth
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Learn how two NC women beat the odds after troubled childhoods.
Half of the country’s homeless population have been in foster care, and a quarter will be involved with the criminal justice system within two years of aging out of it. Learn how two North Carolina women who experienced childhood trauma and the foster care system defied the odds.
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These NC Women Aren’t Defined by Their “Disconnected” Youth
Clip: 4/14/2023 | 2m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
Half of the country’s homeless population have been in foster care, and a quarter will be involved with the criminal justice system within two years of aging out of it. Learn how two North Carolina women who experienced childhood trauma and the foster care system defied the odds.
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