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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Aged out"”.
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Identifying Spiritual Themes in Narratives of Young Adults Who Have Aged Out of Foster Care: A Qualitative Study
… year up to thirty thousand young adults age out of foster care in the United States. Historically research has focused on more tangible issues for this population (e.g., employment, education, etc.). Recent research addresses more intangible issues (e.g., quality of their relationships, …
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Fragmented lives: A qualitative study of the experiences of black youth who have aged out of the foster care system
<p>Each year, growing numbers of black foster youth, ages 18 and older, are emancipated from the child welfare system. Prior to termination, they are provided with a montage of independent living services aimed at teaching self-sufficiency skills. Nevertheless, many of these youth find themselves …
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Increasing Life Skills While Decreasing Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Transitional Aged Youth: A Person-Centered Mentorship Approach
<p>Transitional Aged Youth (TAYs) are young adults between 18-24 who have recently aged out of the foster care system and are now a part of the Extended Foster Care system (EFC). Unfortunately, this population is not guaranteed familial or social support. They have to rely on basic knowledge and …
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Outcome study of former foster care youth
This is an outcome of study of former foster care youth who aged out of the child welfare system. These youth have been out of the foster care system for anywhere from six months to five years. This study consists of twenty respondents, ten male and ten female, taken from a larger study of 100 …
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A Resilience Mosaic: Former Youth in Care View Resilience in light of their Childhood Experiences
… and eluded scholars and practitioners throughout time and across multiple disciplines. In the case of youth in the foster care system, resilience is prominent in studies where researchers work to discover which factors cultivate some youths’ ability to thrive in spite of less than ideal …
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Successfully Aging Out of Foster Care: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study
Youth aging out of foster care confront considerable challenges when transitioning to adulthood. Research focuses overwhelmingly on negative outcomes for youth emerging from foster care. Youth in foster care in West Virginia must also cope with a child welfare system in crisis due to the opioid …
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Mature Women Beyond Foster Care: Narratives on Fractors contributing to Subjective Well-Being and Life-Sustaining Skills
… threshold.</p> <p>African American women who aged out of foster care and are living self - sustaining lives are small in number and there is an absence of research on their experiences after leaving care. Although there is a plethora of research on the disproportionate overrepresentation of …
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EXAMINING PERCEIVED OUTCOMES OF FOSTER YOUTH
… study explored the perceptions of former foster youth as a means to analyze the factors that contribute to the positive and negative outcomes of foster youth once aging out of the foster care system. Ten former foster youth were identified for the purposes of understanding how prepared foster …