aging out
Exceeding age limits
Aging out refers to reaching an age limit that disqualifies someone from a program, system, or category.
Most often describes young people who age out of foster care when they turn eighteen, losing access to state support and services: She aged out of the system with nowhere to go.
Also applies to youth sports leagues, scholarship eligibility, or insurance coverage that ends at a certain age.
- juvenile justice systemLegal process for minors
- ageDuration of existence
- at-risk youthYoung people facing hardship
- juvenile rehabilitationPrograms reforming young offenders
- juvenile probationMonitored release for minors
youth shelters · life skills · emancipation · on your own · young adults · group homes · affordable housing · juvenile court · foster care · foster system · turning eighteen · restorative justice · financial literacy · job training programs · vocational schools · case management · support network · safety net
- child welfarechild protection, child welfare, foster care, child services, foster home
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- retirementretirement, retire, retirement age, retirees, retirement income
- juvenile delinquencyjuvenile crime, juvenile justice, juvenile court, youth crime, youth offenders
aging outquitting
Ceasing an activity
resigning · opting out · dropping out · withdrawing · stepping down
aging outentering
Going into a place
enrolling · joining · starting out · intake · enrollment
aging, ageing, ageism, ageist, out, outs, outed, outing, outer