Improving Outcomes For Youth Aging Out Of The Foster Care System
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| Author | : Kayla Freeman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 44 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : Child welfare |
| ISBN | : |
While many foster care social service agencies direct the majority of their focus on active foster care cases, the needs of foster care alumni tend to fall to the wayside. In order to help combat this problem, we first need to know what the needs of these youth are as they approach the time when they will inevitably have to exit the foster care system and what social workers and other social service professionals can do in order to ease this transition for the youth. This qualitative study utilized participatory observation as well as reflective journaling and pre and post-tests in order to gather data related to the needs of youth who would soon age out of the foster care system. Data from six youth has been included along with the researcher's personal journal reflections and observations. This study concluded that youth may be better able to adapt from being a dependent foster care recipient to independent young adult if they learn how to develop healthy relationships with others, feel a sense of cohesion with other youth in foster care, develop a long-lasting mentoring relationship, and if their assigned caseworker and/or other helping professionals respect the unique trust and attachment issues that youth in foster care may present with." -- Author's abstract.
| Author | : Loring Paul Jones |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 316 |
| Release | : 2018-08-17 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1440857415 |
This book apprises readers of the present conditions of former and emancipated foster youth, provides evidence-based best practices regarding their experiences, and proposes new policies for ensuring better outcomes for these children upon discharge from foster care. For most American youth, the transition to adulthood is gradual and aided by support from parents and others. In contrast, foster youth are expected to arrive at self-sufficiency abruptly and without the same level of support. Such an expectation may be due in part to what Loring Paul Jones has found in his research: that many of the studies conducted thus far have been fragmented and incomplete, often focusing on a particular state or agency that may follow policies not applicable nationwide. This book connects the dots between these disparate studies to provide child welfare practitioners, policy makers, and students with a broader picture of the state of American youth following discharge from foster care. It examines not only child welfare policies but also related policies in areas such as housing and education that may contribute to the success or failure of foster youth in society. It additionally draws lessons from successful programs to provide readers with the tools needed to develop foster and after-care systems that more closely mirror the support afforded to youth in the general population.
| Author | : United States |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 14 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Foster children |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Benjamin Kerman |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 416 |
| Release | : 2009-05-18 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0231146884 |
Through a novel integration of child welfare data, policy analysis, and evidence-informed youth permanency practice, the essays in this volume show how to achieve and sustain family permanence for older children and youth in foster care. Researchers examine what is known about permanency outcomes for youth in foster care, how the existing knowledge base can be applied to improve these outcomes, and the directions that future research should take to strengthen youth permanence practice and policy. Part 1 examines child welfare data concerning reunification, adoption, and relative custody and guardianship and the implications for practice and policy. Part 2 addresses law, regulation, court reform, and resource allocation as vital components in achieving and sustaining family permanence. Contributors examine the impact of policy change created by court reform and propose new federal and state policy directions. Part 3 outlines a range of practices designed to achieve family permanence for youth in foster care: preserving families through community-based services, reunification, adoption, and custody and guardianship arrangements with relatives. As growing numbers of youth continue to "age out" of foster care without permanent families, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers have increasingly focused on developing evidence-informed policies, practices, services and supports to improve outcomes for youth. Edited by leading professionals in the field, this text recommends the most relevant and effective methods for improving family permanency outcomes for older youth in foster care.
| Author | : David Renteria |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 57 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : Foster children |
| ISBN | : 9781321323320 |
Abstract: The purpose of the grant proposal was to collaborate with a host agency to establish a new multi-facet program designed for non-minor dependents placed in a Transitional Housing Placement Plus Foster Care (THP+FC) in Los Angeles County. A literature review was conducted to examine risk factors for youth transitioning out of foster care, the systemic barriers foster youth encounter, and the implementation of supportive service that can improve outcomes for youth aging out of foster care. The prevention and aftercare program will be implemented at Olive Crest in Los Angeles County and will provide supportive services. The goal of this program is to provide non-minor dependents in THP+FC with the necessary skill sets and support instrumental in their transition to independence. Submission or funding of this grant was not a requirement for the completion of the project.
| Author | : Sixto Cancel |
| Publisher | : Think of Us |
| Total Pages | : 94 |
| Release | : 2022-05-05 |
| Genre | : Family & Relationships |
| ISBN | : 0578288001 |
Across the country, far too many young people age out of foster care into appalling circumstances. “Aging out” occurs when youth under the state’s custody are still in the foster care system when they reach either the age of majority or the end of extended foster care. Aging out refers to the moment in time when child welfare is no longer legally responsible for the youth, and the system abruptly stops providing services–usually when the youth turns either 18 or 21. Each year, thousands of youth age out of foster care, essentially legal orphans with no legal connection to family or a supportive network. Unfortunately, foster youth who go through the experience of aging out of foster care have statistically poor life prospects. Longitudinal studies across the country show very high rates of homelessness, incarceration, unemployment, and lack of access to health care among youth who aged out of foster care. These outcomes are disproportionately worse for Black, Native, and Brown youth, as well as queer and trans youth. This study is designed to understand the experiences of transition-age youth in their transition out of foster care and investigate: Why do poor outcomes for youth who age out of care persist? What are the current lived experiences of youth who age out of care? In what ways does child welfare continue to fall short for youth who age out of care?
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 98 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Foster home care |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Claudia S.P. Fernandez |
| Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
| Total Pages | : 318 |
| Release | : 2021-09-08 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 1803551550 |
Advancing health equity calls for a new kind of leader and a new approach to leadership development. Clinical Scholars and Culture of Health Leaders are mid-career leadership development programs supporting the emergence of collaborative and systemic approaches, bringing teams of leaders together with others in the community to work toward the common goal of lessening health disparities. In each chapter of this book, the authors share how they tackled seemingly intractable issues, making headway through applying the principles of adaptive leadership in unbounded systems to create not only outcomes but also impacts on health disparities and, in some cases, sustainable and scalable applications. In this volume, you will learn how Clinical Scholars and Culture of Health Leaders programs curated and measured the successful learning and development of these dedicated health-equity advocates.
| Author | : National Council on Disability, Washington, DC. |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 190 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
The purpose of this report is to provide policymakers, primarily at the federal and state levels, with information about youth with disabilities in foster care, so that policymakers can begin to understand the characteristics of this population; the challenges they face; how they fare with regard to safety, permanency, self-determination and self-sufficiency, enhanced quality of life, and community integration; and how the complex array of existing programs and services could be better designed to improve these outcomes. While the federal investment in the multiple systems with which these youth come in contact is significant, the disconnectedness and lack of coordination across programs and agencies call into question the effectiveness of government efforts. Policy recommendations for improving coordination, holding systems accountable, developing leadership and the capacity of the system to work more effectively with these youth include: (1) Provide increased flexibility to states and communities so programs and services can be most effectively structured to meet the needs of youth with disabilities in foster care; (2) Increase federal support in the departments of Health and Human Services, Education, Justice, and Labor for research and demonstrations to identify effective policies and practices that lead to positive outcomes for youth with disabilities in foster care; (3) Improve training for foster care parents and increase recruitment of individuals willing to foster youth with disabilities; (4) Strengthen secondary and postsecondary educational supports for these youth to improve access and success; (5) Improve access to individualized, comprehensive transition services for youth with disabilities aging out of foster care; (6) Fund the Federal Youth Development Council, authorized by the Federal Youth Coordination Act, as well as similar federal coordinating efforts; (7) Strategically increase collaboration among the education, juvenile justice, child welfare, labor, dependency court, and health and mental health systems; (8) Require states to develop a common youth development approach across multiple systems to improve outcomes for all youth; (9) Improve training of youth professionals across systems; and (10) Provide resources and technical assistance to help states enhance their data collection and reporting systems. Four appendices are included: (1) Glossary; (2) Relevant Federal Programs and Systems; (3) Promising Practices and Exemplary Programs; and (4) Mission of the National Council on Disability. (Contains 450 endnotes.).
| Author | : Miranda Mosier-Puentes |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 223 |
| Release | : 2024-11-12 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1040226434 |
Decades of demographic studies and applied efforts have convinced scholars, students, and social workers that young people coming of age and transitioning out of the foster care system face great challenges in health, education, income, and general well-being. Despite the wealth of research on these outcomes, we know much less about the lived experiences of young people leaving foster care. Aging Out of the Foster System: Youths' Perspectives adds to this narrative the personal experiences of young people who are aging out or have aged out of their child welfare placement. The authors center the stories of these young people and apply critical ethnographic methods to frame their accounts with attention to the encounters within which they were produced, including power imbalances, institutional contexts, and relational dynamics. By centering the experiences of youths in these contexts and attending to the larger forces at work, this book helps connect the dots between youth aging out of the foster care system, social workers in Independent Living Programs, and the professors and scholars teaching the next generations of professionals working to support the aging out process.
