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Download full textChildren's Bureau, Office of the Administration for Children & Families, 2024
The National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) snapshots offer a glimpse of National and State trends for young people who are receiving Independent Living Services through state child welfare programs. This Outcomes Data Snapshot shows statistical trends about who those young people are, their experiences and outcomes for those both in care and…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Daily Living Skills, Independent Living, Statistical Data
Children's Bureau, Office of the Administration for Children & Families, 2024
The National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) snapshots offer a glimpse of National and State trends for young people who are receiving Independent Living Services through state child welfare programs. This Services Data Snapshot includes the characteristics of youth served, services received by age and race/ethnicity, and percentage of…
Descriptors: Independent Living, Transitional Programs, Child Welfare, Welfare Services
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Direct linkFernández-Simo, Deibe; Cid-Fernández, Xosé Manuel; Carrera-Fernández, María Victoria – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2022
Background: The process of transition to adult life of youth with a record of protection is crucial to overcome the difficulties to achieve an independent life. Objective: This research aims to analyze the conditions under which protected youth are emancipated, as well as the factors that facilitate emancipation. Method: A qualitative study was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Welfare, Social Support Groups, Intervention
Julie Poehlmann; Elizabeth I. Johnson; Pilar N. Ossorio; Keisher Highsmith; Brenda Jones Harden; Mishka Terplan; Pilar M. Sanjuan; Lorraine McKelvey; Claire D. Coles; Barbara H. Chaiyachati; Hon. Peggy Walker; Rebecca Shlafer; Kaitlyn Pritzl; Chandni Anandha Krishnan; Stephanie Averill; Samir Das; Santiago Torres-Gomez; Florence Hilliard; Brian Gannon; Wesley K. Thompson – Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, 2026
A transition in care (TIC) is a significant change in the primary adults who provide care for a child, involving a move to informal or formal non-parental care, including kinship and foster care. In this paper, we address three issues: (1) the theoretical and empirical reasons for retaining infants and children who experience TIC in longitudinal…
Descriptors: Infants, Young Children, Child Development, Child Health
Huscroft-D'Angelo, Jacqueline; Poling, Daniel; Trout, Alexandra – Grantee Submission, 2021
Summary: More than 50% of children who depart foster care will experience a permanency placement after being involved in the child welfare system. The struggles faced by children and families during the transition into the home and community setting following foster care are well-known and often result in child welfare reentry. Presently, little…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Parent Attitudes, Social Work, Placement
Gitlow, Elissa; Kugley, Shannon; Shapiro, Sam; Kakuyama-Villaber, Reiko; Jacobsen, Helen; Chor, Brian; Dworsky, Amy – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2022
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) contracted with three child welfare providers that operate transitional living (TLP) or independent living (ILO) programs (or both) to implement LifeSet, an intensive case management program developed by Youth Villages, for youth in care who are 17.5 to 21 years old. LifeSet helps…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Transitional Programs, Independent Living, Program Implementation
British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2022
Students with lived experience in government care can face significant challenges in their lives and their educational journeys. Students entering higher education may be simultaneously transitioning out of government care and grappling with the complexities of a new educational system. Students formerly in care are more likely than the general…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, College Students, Foster Care
Van Drunen, Molly; Packard Tucker, L.; Dworsky, A. – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2022
This brief describes the relationship between placement stability and youth engagement in the Youth Transitions Partnership (YTP), a program developed and implemented by the Alameda County Social Services Agency (SSA) for 14- to 20-year-olds in foster care who have multiple risk factors for experiencing homelessness. The authors used program data…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, At Risk Persons, Foster Care
Jessing, Barbara; Cole-Mossman, Jennie – ZERO TO THREE, 2020
Young children in the child welfare system are inherently vulnerable to disruptions in early attachment, and abrupt changes of placement can function as trauma triggers. In this article, the authors present a case from a Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) Learning Collaborative which exemplifies the potential trauma of placement changes, and how CPP…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Trauma, Foster Care, Psychotherapy
Dixon, Jo; Ward, Jade; Blower, Sarah – Child Care in Practice, 2019
There has been increased recognition of the importance of hearing the views of children and young people in and from care about the services and decisions that affect their lives. The emphasis on young people's voices aims to give weight to, and raise awareness of, their experiences and outcomes, and the need for policy and practice improvements.…
Descriptors: Participative Decision Making, Foster Care, Late Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Moving On: Transitions out of Care for Young People with Learning Disabilities in England and Sweden
Roberts, Helen; Ingold, Anne; Liabo, Kristin; Manzotti, Grazia; Reeves, David; Bradby, Hannah – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2018
Background: Young people with learning disabilities are frequently underrepresented in research accounts. This study describes the experiences of young people moving from the care system. Methods: We scoped the English and Swedish literature for first-hand accounts and interviewed four young people with learning disabilities leaving the English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Literature Reviews
MDRC, 2018
In 2015, the Annie E. Casey Foundation partnered with the Corporation for National and Community Service's Social Innovation Fund to launch Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential (LEAP), a multimillion-dollar initiative to increase employment and educational opportunities for young people ages 15-25 who have been involved in the child welfare and…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Educational Opportunities, Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice
Glynn, Natalie; Mayock, Paula – Child Care in Practice, 2019
Increasing the participation of children and young people in matters related to their care and aftercare is regarded as international best practice. While research demonstrates that children and young people benefit from involvement in care-related processes, participation continues to pose challenges for social work practitioners. Studies to date…
Descriptors: Late Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Adolescent Attitudes, Child Welfare
Evans, Alyssa; McCann, Meghan – Education Commission of the States, 2020
Several systemic factors contribute to the lack of stability and educational opportunities for students in foster care, including lack of transportation to the school of origin (or the schools they enrolled in when they first entered foster care), difficulty enrolling in new schools and transferring credits between school districts, gaps in…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Student Needs, Barriers, Elementary Secondary Education
Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2019
The Title I, Part D (Part D) Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk under the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act," allocate funds to states and school districts to improve educational services for these youth.…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Prevention
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