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4/3/2019

Foster Youth More Frequently Placed In Family Settings, Report Finds

John Kelly

As states prepare for a child welfare overhaul that will limit federal funds to group care, a recent report shows that most systems are already gravitating toward greater use of family foster homes and relative caregivers.

1/8/2015

Leveraging the Power of Caring Adults in the Lives of Foster Youth: How Relationships Can Change Lives

Opinion

Daniel Heimpel

By Johanna Greeson A bleak portrait continues to emerge for youth who age out of foster care without connections to caring adults and with inadequate independent living skills. The field of child welfare has yet to develop an effective response to this problem.

10/22/2012

Hispanic and African American Youth: Life After Foster Care Emancipation

John Kelly

This qualitative study of 28 (10 Hispanic and 18 African-American) former foster care youth attempts to capture the essence of their quest for self-sufficiency. While research on former foster care youth continues to highlight the problems confronting them after they emancipate from care, the depth of their struggles is often lost in the aggregation of statistics.

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