[header] How to support young adults leaving foster care [title] Help foster children start their transition early. [step] The typical 90-day transition plan may not be long enough to fully prepare a young adult to live on their own. While laws are established to help youths transition from foster care, they may actually require more time to find housing and line up a job. 
[substeps] A good transition plan should include securing housing and employment, practicing money management skills, and making plans to attend college or vocational school if the child wishes to. Life skills like budgeting, staying healthy, and keeping a job take more than 90 days to learn.