Report from CalYOUTH: Findings on the Relationship between Extended Foster Care and Youth's Outcomes at Age 21

Autor/inn/en	Courtney, Mark E.; Okpych, Nathanael J.; Park, Sunggeun
Institution	Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Titel	Report from CalYOUTH: Findings on the Relationship between Extended Foster Care and Youth's Outcomes at Age 21
Quelle	(2018), (39 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Foster Care; Postsecondary Education; Enrollment; Academic Persistence; Success; Access to Education; Federal Aid; Child Welfare; State Legislation; Program Effectiveness; Youth; Educational Attainment; Welfare Services; Young Adults; Late Adolescents; High School Graduates; Poverty; Homeless People; Social Support Groups; Pregnancy; Crime; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Employment; At Risk Persons; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pflegehilfe; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Einschulung; Erfolg; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Kindeswohl; Landesrecht; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Halbstarker; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Armut; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Schwangerschaft; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Dienstverhältnis; Risikogruppe; Kalifornien
Abstract	Support for the extended care provisions of the federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 was, to a large extent, based on the belief that allowing youth in foster care to remain in care past their 18th birthday would improve their outcomes as adults. In a previous memo (see ED597309), the authors reported early findings on the relationships between the amount of time youth remained in extended foster care (EFC) and host of youth outcomes. These early findings from CalYOUTH were in line with results from prior studies that found EFC promoted educational attainment, increased earnings, and decreased instances of homelessness and criminal justice system involvement (Courtney & Hook, 2017; Dworsky, Napolitano, & Courtney, 2013; Hook & Courtney, 2011; Lee, Courtney, & Tajima, 2014). This report builds on the authors' 2017 memo by examining outcomes from the third CalYOUTH interview wave, which took place when participants were 21 years old, on average, and had all left foster care. The report also incorporates another data source--state administrative data on a large sample of transition-age foster youth in California. These administrative data include youth who reached the age of majority while in care both before and after the 2012 implementation of California's law extending foster care to young adults, the California Fostering Connections Act, also known as AB12. Taken together, study findings reported in this study provide additional evidence about the benefits of extended care on outcomes for youth transitioning to adulthood from foster care. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. 1313 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. Tel: 773-753-5900; Fax: 773-753-5940; Web site: http://www.chapinhall.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01