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Life after foster care : improving outcomes for former foster youth / Loring Paul Jones.
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Jones, Loring Paul, author.
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2018]
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vi, 307 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:
Chapter 1 Foster care and the transition to young adulthood -- Chapter 2 The transition to adulthood in the United States -- Chapter 3 Toward a national policy on transitioning foster youth -- Chapter 4 Independent living programs : getting youth ready to leave care -- Chapter 5 Research on life after foster care -- Chapter 6 Education outcomes and challenges for foster children -- Chapter 7 Self-sufficiency : employment, earnings, and receipt of public benefits -- Chapter 8 Housing and the dangers of homelessness -- Chapter 9 Health outcomes -- Chapter 10 Mental health outcomes -- Chapter 11 Pregnancy, sexuality, and parenting -- Chapter 12 Criminal justice involvement -- Chapter 13 Family and other social support networks -- Chapter 14 Where have we been and where should we go? -- Appendix A Review of the research on independent living programs -- Appendix B Review of the research on life after foster care -- References -- Index.
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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 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 of 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. -- From dust jacket.
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