Growing up is tough enough, growing up in foster care is tough beyond measure. We're still in touch with a few, and none of them have had an easy time of it. Our last, who we had as an infant, is now cruising in on 13 (in just a wee bit over a week). He, and the family who adopted him, have had a particularly difficult time.
We were involved in a program and we did respite for other families in the group, mostly. This kid came to us a few times, but then we got him fulltime. He turned 14 with us, and we got him involved with sports. He is the only one we are in touch with, and we have been lucky enough to meet his wife and his kids... We nearly adopted him, but his grandma was against it. I was in the Navy at the time, and I transferred and never knew how he turned out. He reached out to us a couple years back on Facebook of all places... My wife's health became such, we couldn't continue with foster care.