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• Bryant grew up in a community-oriented family, which helped him become a community oriented adult.
• His work at the Administration for Children’s Services focuses on  18- to 21-year-olds who have recently aged out of foster care.
• The program, Supervision to 21, locates these youths and provides services such as housing, employment and access to mental and physical health care.
• Bryant is a foster parent through the New York agency Rising Ground, this agency works with birth parents, with the ultmate goal of reunification.
• When asked about building trust with his foster kids, Bryant states, “The difficult thing about building trust is their past interactions with adults. If I can get you to engage in conversation with me about how you’re feeling and what’s going on, then that right there, my job is done. They constantly need to be reinforced that ‘I am here. I am going to do what I say.’"

What does this story say about existing children's services programs and the needs of youth?

What can we learn from Bryant and his work as a foster parent?

Where can state and national programs increase aid providers and children?