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Estimating the effects of independent living services on educational attainment and employment of foster care youth

Children and youth services review, 2019
Transition-aged foster care youth have higher risks of adverse outcomes, notably in education and employment, than youth who do not spend time in foster care.
Youngmi Kim, Eunsu Ju, Rachel D. Rosenberg, E. Farmer   +3 more
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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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Tracing the pathway from mental health screening to services for children and youth in foster care

Children and youth services review, 2018
Purpose Children and youth in out-of-home care have high rates of behavioral health need, and states are increasingly adopting screening protocols to identify and intervene with these youth.
Michael D. Pullmann, Jedediah H. Jacobson, Elizabeth M. Parker, M. Cevasco, Jacqueline A. Uomoto, B. Putnam, Trishia Benshoof, S. Kerns   +7 more
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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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Foster Care and Social Services

The Journal of Psychiatry & Law, 2008
Social workers and social service agencies are, or should be, intimately involved with children in foster care and those who choose to care for them. There are situations, however, where the relationship fails, with potentially disastrous results for the children.
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Educational Services for Children in Foster Care

Journal of Public Child Welfare, 2006
ABSTRACT Most literature on the education of foster youth focuses on their individual outcomes and characteristics. A small body of literature documents a lack of collaboration between the child welfare and education systems. This study explores commonalities and differences in perspectives between child welfare and education system stakeholders.
Susan Stone, Amy D'andrade, Michael Austin   +2 more
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The roles of Campus-Support Programs (CSPs) and Education and Training Vouchers (ETVs) on college persistence for youth with foster care histories

, 2020
Education and Training Vouchers (ETVs) and campus support programs (CSPs) are two interventions designed to support postsecondary education persistence for college students with foster care backgrounds. The federal ETV program provides foster youth up to
Nathanael J. Okpych, S. Park, Sam Sayed, M. Courtney   +3 more
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Interventions for youth aging out of foster care: A state of the science review

, 2020
Background The 1999 John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Act expanded a federal funding stream for independent living/transition services for older youth (ages 14+) in and transitioning from foster care.
Johanna K. P. Greeson, Antonio R. Garcia, Fei Tan, Alexi Chacon, Andrew J. Ortiz   +4 more
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Foster Care in a Life Course Perspective

, 2020
To understand what placement outside of one’s home means to the young people involved, we must understand foster care from a life course perspective. I analyze young people’s experiences in foster care from this perspective, accounting for when foster ...
F. Wulczyn
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Developmental Services for Young Children in Foster Care

Journal of Social Service Research, 2006
High rates of developmental delay in children in foster care make it important for the foster care system to provide early identification of developmental issues and facilitate intervention. This investigation examined the degree to which child welfare agencies encourage policies to assess children for developmental delay and link children to ...
Aubyn C. Stahmer, Laurel K. Leslie, John A. Landsverk, Jinjin Zhang, Jennifer A. Rolls   +4 more
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