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Transition Years: Serving Current and Former Foster Youth Ages Eighteen to Twenty-One

机译：过渡年：服务当前和以前的福祉青年时代十八至二十一岁

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The age of majority is a term used by lawyers to describe the time of life after which a person is legally no longer considered a child. In essence, it is an arbitrary time when a child becomes an adult in the eyes of the law. Until fairly recently, the age of majority was set at the age of 21 in most states. Following the ratification of the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, that gives 18 year olds the right to vote in federal elections, all but a few states lowered their age of majority to 18 (State Bar of California, 2002). Although the age of majority has been set at 18, researchers, educators, financial counselors and others are realizing that youth aged 18 to 21 are not self-sufficient when they reach the age of majority. These youth require multiple kinds of support. One example of this is reflected in the increase in the age of leaving home. In the general population, older adolescents and young adults are living with parents well past 18 years of age, or they return home, after periods of independence, some, several times. Also, youth in this age group are attaining financial independence later in life.

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