Oct 29 8:15 PM

Fostering care

Frank Martin Gill talks with his six-year-old foster son on September 22, 2010 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
The Stream (Al Jazeera)

On any given day, roughly 400,000 children are in foster care - spending about 2 years in the system because their parents can’t care for them. With few available foster parents, kids are shuffled from foster home to group home by overloaded caseworkers. While 70% aspire to go to college, only 2% will earn a bachelor’s degree. After aging out, most face unemployment, poverty or prison. It’s a system many say needs fixing, but how?

On tonight's episode of The Stream, we speak to:

Eric Bernthal
Foster parent to 25 children

Cris Beam @cbnewyork
Author of 'To The End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care'
crisbeam.com

Sixto Cancel @sixtocancel
Former foster child

Gabrielle Garcia
Former foster child

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