INVISIBLE YOUTH: ABUSED, EXPLOITED, AND HOMELESS by Richard Hooks Wayman

Over 500,000 children and youth remain in foster care each year in America due to abuse and neglect, while over 50,000 youth annually sleep on our streets as homeless youth.  What does research tell us about the plight of these youth and what has been the national policy response?  What are the solutions offered to nurture foster youth and end youth homelessness?  Find out what the 'youth and child advocacy' circle within the beltway is doing to meet our moral and legal obligations to these vulnerable populations.
    
Richard Hooks Wayman, Davies church member, foster parent, and children's advocate, shares his insights from his own advocacy work for a part of our population that does not always have a voice. From a lay sermon/discussion he gave on Aug. 26, 2009.

The photo shows Rich with foster children who are now adults as minor foster children are not allowed to be pictured. His powerpoint presentation is available in PDF here: http://dmuuc.org/lay/vulnerableyouth_pp.pdf