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Perceived self-stigma in the utilization of mental health services in foster care and post foster care among foster care alumni

Children and Youth Services Review, 2018
Abstract Foster youth experience higher rates of mental health disorders and receive higher rates of mental health services in comparison to the general population. Yet, upon foster care exit, mental health service use drastically declines. Little is known as to the reasons for mental health service decline after foster care exit.
Margarita Villagrana   +3 more
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Life After Foster Care: Services and Policies for Former Foster Youth

open access: yesThe Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 1999
This article argues that interventions targeted to the needs of emancipated foster youth can prevent them from dependency, homelessness, and incarceration. It presents a profile of emancipated foster youth; focuses on their service needs; and, describes three program models addressing these.
M. Stoner
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Differential Response and the Reduction of Child Maltreatment and Foster Care Services Utilization in the U.S. From 2004 to 2017

Child Maltreatment, 2022
By 2014, the majority of U.S. states had implemented differential response (DR), a system policy that seeks to serve families of low-to moderate-risk for child maltreatment through family engagement, diversion from formal child protective services ...
Michelle Johnson‐Motoyama   +5 more
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What Proportion of Foster Care Children Do Not Have Child Protective Services Reports? A Preliminary Look

Child Maltreatment, 2021
It is perhaps surprising that we lack complete national information about why children enter foster care. While the annual Adoption and Foster Care Analysis Reporting System (AFCARS) report is informative, it leaves many questions unanswered ...
B. Drake   +4 more
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FOSTER CARE SERVICES IN A CHILD PLACEMENT AGENCY

Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 1965
L. Hollander
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Patterns of foster care service delivery

Children and Youth Services Review, 2005
Abstract This study explored direct client services provided by one foster care program. A cohort of 44 families was followed for up to 36 months by monitoring the frequency of eight service activity categories (i.e., service planning, therapy, family visits, court hearings, foster child contacts, foster parent contacts, family of origin contacts ...
Yvonne A. Unrau, Michael A. Wells
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Connected After Care: Youth Characteristics, Policy, and Programs Associated With Postsecondary Education and Employment for Youth With Foster Care Histories

Child Maltreatment, 2021
Recent federal laws and state policies reflect the government’s investment in improving education and employment outcomes for youth with foster care histories. However, little research has assessed the roles of these programs using national data. Drawing
J. Geiger, Nathanael J. Okpych
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Interorganizational disparities in foster care service provision

Children and Youth Services Review, 2009
Abstract Performance contracting and managed care have recently migrated from the behavioral and physical health care sector into child welfare, and are being introduced under the premise that the financial incentives embedded in market-based models will motivate agencies and their workers to improve the cost-effectiveness and quality of care to ...
Bowen McBeath, William Meezan
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