American RadioWorks producer talks about the new documentary - "Wanted: Parents"
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Advocates for kids are trying to persuade more families to adopt teenagers. If teenagers in foster care don't find permanent families, they face a grim future. They "age out" of foster care, usually when they turn 18 years old, and many wind up on the streets. Every year, more than 24,000 American young people age out of foster care.
Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer talks with the documentary's producer, Catherine Winter, about the situation.
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