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EXAMINING PERCEIVED OUTCOMES OF FOSTER YOUTH
<p>This 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 …
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Predictors of Placement Satisfaction for Foster Youth
<p>Youth in the foster care system are often removed from their biological families because of challenges to their safety and wellbeing and are often at risk for further placement disruption and poor socio-emotional development. Placement stability is a crucial component to establishing permanency …
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Predictors of High School Graduation in Foster Youth
<p>Academic achievement in foster youth can be influenced by factors related to the foster care experience. The purpose of this study was to determine if gender, ethnicity, time in placement, type of placement, number of placements, and special education status could predict high school graduation …
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The Lost Childhoods Exhibition and the Foster Youth Museum
<p>The Foster Youth Museum's mission is to "build awareness of the foster youth experience, from vulnerability and trauma to healing and transformation. By bearing witness to the art, artifacts, voices, and stories of youth who have journeyed through the foster care system, the museum ignites …
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IMPACT OF ASSEMBLY BILL 12 ON EMANCIPATED FOSTER YOUTH
… was passed into law for the purpose of preparing foster youth for the transition into adulthood and provided extended support services and transitional support up to the age of 21. This qualitative study focuses on the experiences and outcome of foster youth who are participating in extended care …
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THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT FOR NEWLY EMANCIPATED FOSTER YOUTH
… Despite improvements on a macro and micro level, foster youth continue to be unprepared for the transition out of the foster care system, resulting in negative outcomes. According to research, the newly developed theory of emerging adulthood may have implications in terms of the component that is …
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Educational outcomes of emancipated foster youth: A life course perspective
… young adults who have been emancipated from the foster care system. Data for this study were taken from a sub-set of youth who participated in the Foster Youth Project at the University of Illinois. Findings from the study suggest that the educational attainments of youth discharged from foster …
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An Examination of Foster Youth Socialization to Dating and Sexual Behaviors
<p>Foster youth reportedly face unusual and negative life circumstances and outcomes due to being placed in out-of-home care. Foster care provides a resource for substitute caregiving which can range from archaically institutional to warm and familial. Foster care is a transient system which alters …
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Social and Psychological Implications of Placement Instability Among Former Foster Youth
… placements and trauma experienced by former foster youth. The participants of the study were recruited from college campuses via Extended Opportunity Program and Services liaisons as well as the Guardian Scholar Program liaisons. The sample included individuals that identified as former …
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WHAT FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO FOSTER YOUTH ENROLLING IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION?
… explores the perceptions of former and current foster youth, who either graduated from a post-secondary institution, enrolled in college or a vocational training, in order to identify the factors that contributed to their post-secondary education enrollment.</p> <p>Sixteen participants provided …
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Psychotropic Medication Use in Older Foster Youth: A Focus on Racial Differences
… The use of psychotropic medications among foster youth has received growing national attention due to high rates of use and concerns about the appropriateness of prescribing. Understanding medication use in older foster youth is of heightened concern as these youth are preparing to …
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Fostering Strengths: Using Testimonios to Identify Community Cultural Wealth in Foster Youth
<p>Foster youth voices have been silenced in schools, work environments, and many other settings.There is very little research around what works well for foster youth and what their assets are. Foster youth have many skills and resources that they use to navigate systems that continually …
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FOSTER YOUTH IDENTITY FRAUD VICTIMIZATION: PREVALENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS, RISK FACTORS, AND PROTECTIVE INTERVENTIONS
Identity fraud poses serious risks for youth in foster care. As young people move through various out-of-home placements and schools, their sensitive personal data are often widely disseminated and difficult to secure. When they transition from foster care to adulthood, identity fraud victims with …
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Foster Parents' Perceptions of Barriers to Accessing Substance Abuse Treatment for Foster Youth
<p>As Counties continue to grow and the need for foster parent’s increases, resources become scarce. In San Bernardino County, Juvenile drug court is no longer offered, which has led to fewer resources for foster parents in need of substance abuse treatment services. Without access to juvenile drug …
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Investigating the Social Capital & Help-Seeking Behaviors of High School Latino Foster Youth
<p>Foster youth in high school face a barrage of obstacles not faced by their peers, obstacles which make it challenging to finish high school and gain acceptance into four-year universities. But foster youth are resilient in ways that we can only begin to understand, navigating how to codeswitch, …
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CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE FOSTER PARENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER FOSTER YOUTH
… purpose of this study was to gain insight into foster parents’ perceptions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) foster youth through a self-administered survey in an attempt to provide better care for these children. The pool of participants were varied in most areas including age, …
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Former foster youth in the college setting: Bridging the gaps on the road to success
<p>Less than 5% of former foster youth in America graduate with a bachelor's degree. The goal of this phenomenological research was to use student voices to identify or better understand promising practices that support the success of former foster youth. Two California State University (CSU) …
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Utilising social entrepreneurship to facilitate the successful transition of foster youth to adulthood in South Africa
Young people, emerging out of the foster care system, often struggle to become productive and self-sustainable adults in society. They are at high risk of being trapped in poverty and unemployment for their entire adult life because they are unable to make a successful transition out of the foster …
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The Arts and Student Engagement: Correlational Insights for School Accountability of Low Income, English Learners, and Foster Youth
… English Learner (EL), low-income (F/R), and foster-youth subgroups. Results revealed that arts engagement was moderately and positively correlated with both academic engagement and school-community engagement confirming consistent cross-domain associations. ANOVA analyses detected no …
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Child Welfare Social Workers' Knowledge and Comfort Level in Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Foster Youth
… Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) youth while in out-of-home placement. This study used quantitative data collection methods of social workers in three Southern California counties regarding these issues, and 27 such workers participated.</p> <p>It was found that only half of the …
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