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May is National Foster Care Month. The foster care system is supposed to care for children who are abused or neglected or whose parents can't care for them. But a recent study of foster care alums finds many end up hurt by the system that was supposed to protect them. And once they turn 18, they're on their own--often without the skills they need to fend for themselves. The damage takes both an emotional and economic toll. Marketplace's Hillary Wicai reports from the work and family desk:
