This study describes a case study assessment of transitional living programs used by foster youth to determine effectiveness. It is clear from this study that transitional living programs best serve foster care youth by implementing a comprehensive Independent Living Skills program including job preparedness, financial literacy, and mentoring.
The study explores participants’ perceptions of possible contributors to learned helplessness including systemic causes. Participants dis-cuss concerns that the child welfare system may inhibit youth in the development of self-efficacy, motivation, and the belief that they can affect future events. Recommendations for practice and policy are discussed. (Child Adolesc Soc Work J (2015) 32:507–516)
In this memo, we explore the use of and experiences with psychotropic medications over time for California foster youth transitioning to adulthood. We also examine how psychotropic drug use differs for youth who have different types of behavioral health problems. (Chapin Hall Issue Brief)
The new research showed that adolescents still have a lot of growing to do during late puberty and beyond, and that child welfare systems may be sending them out on their own too early and without necessary resources, relationships and opportunities to thrive. (JIM CASEY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES INITIATIVE / THE ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION)
This research study examined how several organizations in the philanthropic sector in California support foster youth who are transitioning out of the child welfare system in California in accessing and building social capital (e.g., in education, employment, social connections, relationships, and access to transitional housing). The purpose of this project was to gain a deeper understanding of what models, programs,…
This brief examines Opportunity Passport™ participant data to reveal the education and employment barriers that young people often face when leaving foster care. Readers will also learn how to design effective policies and practices that supply the resources, relationships and opportunities needed to help these young people successfully transition into adulthood.
The researcher identified fifteen articles that explored programs’ and practitioners’ work with foster care youth transitioning to independence. This exploratory study evaluated the programs’ intervention modalities and philosophies through a systematic review.
This report provides background on teens and young adults in and exiting from foster care, and the federal support that is available to these youth as they transition to adulthood.
Child Trends conducted a national survey of state independent living coordinators (Survey on Services and Supports for Young People Transitioning from Foster Care). Survey findings, collected in 2016, are based on responses by Independent Living Coordinators from 47 of 52 states and territories contacted.
We report a mixed methods qualitative study of transitions across health and social care services for children leaving care, providing narratives of what young people described as positive, and what they and professionals think might be improved.