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SFU study confirms link between homelessness, foster care

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People who have been in foster care are more likely to be homeless, have mental illness and use drugs daily, a Simon Fraser University study has found.
The study by SFU’s Michelle Patterson, a clinical psychologist, is the first Canadian study to look at the relationship between foster care, current substance abuse among homeless adults with mental illness.
In B.C. foster children are cut off from government care at their 19th birthday, which means they ...


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