Wanted: affirming homes for GLBT foster kids
http://www.floridablade.com/2008/10-9/news/localnews/5137.cfmJuan Carlos Rodriguez
10/9/2008
By the time he was 14, Michael Acosta was known among Miami Dade foster care agencies as a "runner." He developed a pattern of breaking rules and running away from the homes and shelters he was placed in. Now 19 and out of the foster system, Acosta remembers the year he had been placed 20 times in different homes.
Like many gay lesbian or transgender teens, Acosta just didn't fit in to the placements. His memories are bleary of couch hopping, avoiding police and being brought back into the foster system. Soon he was drawn to drugs and alcohol.
