FOSTER CHILDREN: The statistics are grim: By the time Michigan foster children are 21, one in three are homeless, one in four are imprisoned, one in two are unemployed and three out of five don’t finish high school. Lawmakers are seeking to help out by expanding the definition of a relative able to adopt them and requiring lawyers who represent foster training to get special relationship training. By Sarah Atwood. We talk to statewide children’s advocates and the bill sponsors. FOR ALL POINTS
