Youth transitioning from foster care : background, issues, characteristics, and demographics / Lindsey R. Asher, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Asher, Lindsey, editor.

Series:

Children's issues, laws and programs series.

Children's Issues, Laws and Programs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foster home care--United States.

Foster home care.

Foster children--Services for--United States.

Foster children.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While most young people have access to emotional and financial support systems throughout their early adult years, older youth in foster care and those who are emancipated from care often face obstacles to developing independent living skills and building supports that ease the transition to adulthood. Older foster youth who return to their parents or guardians may continue to experience poor family dynamics or a lack of emotional and financial supports, and studies have shown that recently emancipated foster youth fare poorly relative to their counterparts in the general population on several

Contents:

""YOUTH TRANSITIONING FROM FOSTER CARE: BACKGROUND, ISSUES, CHARACTERISTICS, AND DEMOGRAPHICS""; ""YOUTH TRANSITIONING FROM FOSTER CARE: BACKGROUND, ISSUES, CHARACTERISTICS, AND DEMOGRAPHICS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: YOUTH TRANSITIONING FROM FOSTER CARE: BACKGROUND AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""WHO ARE OLDER YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE AND YOUTH AGING OUT OF CARE?""; ""OVERVIEW OF FEDERAL CHILD WELFARE AND OTHER SUPPORT FOR FOSTER YOUTH""; ""FEDERAL FOSTER CARE""; ""CHAFEE FOSTER CARE INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM""

""OTHER FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR OLDER CURRENT AND FORMER FOSTER YOUTH""""APPENDIX A. CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTCOMES OF YOUTH IN OR FORMERLY IN FOSTER CARE""; ""APPENDIX B. FUNDING FOR THE CHAFEE FOSTER CAREINDEPENDENCE PROGRAM (CFCIP) AND EDUCATION ANDTRAINING VOUCHER (ETV) PROGRAM""; ""APPENDIX C. FUNDING RETURNED TO THE TREASURY FOR THE CHAFEE FOSTER CAREINDEPENDENCE PROGRAM (CFCIP) AND EDUCATION AND TRAINING VOUCHER(ETV) PROGRAM""; ""Chapter 2: YOUTH TRANSITIONING FROM FOSTER CARE: ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND""

""OPTION TO EXTEND FEDERAL FOSTER CARE PAYMENTS FOR YOUTH AGES 18 TO 21""""OPTION TO EXTEND SUPPORT FOR YOUTH LEAVING CARE FOR PERMANENT HOMES AFTER REACHINGAGE 16""; ""CHAFEE FOSTER CARE INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM""; ""TRANSITION PLAN REQUIREMENT""; ""OTHER ONGOING ISSUES""; ""CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING""; ""CHILDREN MISSING FROM FOSTER CARE""; ""NORMALCY FOR YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE""; ""HOUSING""; ""EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION""; ""EFFECTIVENESS OF SERVICES FOR TRANSITIONING YOUTH""

""Chapter 3: CHILD WELFARE: PROFILES OF CURRENTAND FORMER OLDER FOSTER YOUTHBASED ON THE NATIONAL YOUTH INTRANSITION DATABASE (NYTD)""""SUMMARY""; ""NATIONAL YOUTH IN TRANSITION DATABASE""; ""INDEX""; ""Blank Page""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 26, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63463-806-9

OCLC:

900408873