Foster Youth Have Higher Rates of Self-Reported Abuse Than Case Files Indicate
A 2016 study looked at the relationship between abuse and youth outcomes in relation to whether the abuse was self-reported or reported...
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Apr 15, 20181 min read
Female Foster Youth Most Likely to Run Away & Black Youth Least Likely to Find a Permanent Home
The Center for State Child Welfare Data at the University of Chicago Chapin Hall released “Understanding the Differences in How...
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Mar 11, 20182 min read
Building Relational Skills for Foster Youth
A study released in late 2017 examined four programs around the nation that instituted interventions to improve relational skills for...
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Mar 4, 20182 min read
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and Foster Youth Permanency Outcomes
A 2015 study found that youth represented by a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer were significantly more likely to have a...
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Feb 26, 20182 min read
Foster Youth Suspended at Five Times the Rate of Other Students
According to a report released Last week schools suspend foster youth five times more frequently than the average, and black male foster...
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Feb 19, 20182 min read
Foster Youth Unfairly Criminalized
The San Francisco Chronicle ran an article on the front page of the paper on Feb. 17, 2018 titled, “Girl’s undue jailing exemplifies...
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Jan 28, 20182 min read
The Impact of Civic Engagement in Adolescence on Adult Outcomes
Ballard, P.J., Hoyt, L.T. & Pachucki, M.C., Impacts of Adolescent and Young Adult Civic Engagement on Health and Socioeconomic Status in...
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Jan 16, 20181 min read
Government Database For Mental Health Treatment Frozen
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has maintained a database of evidence-based treatments for mental...
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Jan 8, 20182 min read
Working With Crossover Youth: Dependency and Delinquency
This brief examines the “role that Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) play in supporting crossover youth.The Center for Juvenile...
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Dec 28, 20171 min read
Predictors of High School Completion and College Entry for Foster Youth
The most important points for from this study are the following: a. “the number of months youths spent in care after age 18 was...
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Dec 28, 20171 min read
How to Mitigate Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Research shows that the stress of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), such as physical or emotional abuse or losing a parent to...
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