#fixABLE: Finding your power to change the world by facing and fixing foster care outcomes

What happens when foster care ends, but life hasn't yet begun?

Every year, thousands of youth "age out" of foster care-alone, unsupported, and unprepared for adulthood. Within 2 years of emancipation, half will face homelessness, unemployment, incarceration, or exploitation. But these outcomes are not inevitable.

They are fixable.

Tammy Engles Spence is a trauma-informed social worker and founder and Executive Director of Second Shift, an organization that assists foster care alumni in their journey to sustainable independence. She combines powerful storytelling, real-world solutions, and a call to action for individuals, professionals, and communities who want to change the trajectory for vulnerable youth.

In #fixABLE You'll explore the most critical outcomes faced by former foster youth.

But this isn't just a book about problems, it's a blueprint for fixing them.

With practical ideas, trauma-informed frameworks, and real actions for every reader, #fixABLE doesn't just encourage you it equips you to be the change.

Whether you're a foster parent, faith leader, educator, mentor, nonprofit leader, social worker-or Anyone who's ever asked, "How can I make a real difference?" -#fixABLE will inspire and equip you to be the fix in a broken system.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Good Sandwich Publishing
Published: 11/27/2025
ISBN: 9798993304700
Pages: 268
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d