Alex Ballantyne thought he'd finally found some stability after spending much of his adolescence searching for a home where he felt safe and accepted. Then, shortly after he collected his high school diploma, his longtime foster family in the Santa Clarita Valley kicked him out. He found himself homeless, aging out of the Los Angeles County foster care system — which cuts off many services at 18 — and unsure where to turn. “It was rough, and I guess it still is," Ballantyne says in an intimate... Read this story
