Providing Better Opportunities for Older Children in the Child Welfare System

Pecora, Peter J.; Washington, Tiffany

doi:10.1001/archpedi.161.10.1006

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“…Therefore, emancipating youth have had a greater opportunity to experience the effects of foster care, be they negative or positive. The longer stay in care can result in greater disruptions of their family life, living situations, schooling, and support systems (Pecora, 2007).…”

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Remaining in Foster Care After Age 18 and Youth Outcomes at the Transition to Adulthood: A Review

Jones

2019

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Service

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Many foster youth do not exit care for a permanency option and remain in foster care until they age out or are emancipated. Research findings have described the alarming circumstances of these former foster children’s adaptation to emerging adulthood. Public policy over the past three decades has sought various means of improving outcomes for these former foster youth. This review examines the legislative history leading up to extended care, the research on youth leaving foster care, youth preferences for extended care, the competition of extended care with permanency options, and the effects of extended foster care on transition-age youth. The benefits that can be had from such an extension are outlined.

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Remaining in Foster Care After Age 18 and Youth Outcomes at the Transition to Adulthood: A Review

Jones

2019

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Service

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“…The fact that youth who enter PR-TFC at an older age tend to do better in terms of day-to-day functioning at discharge contradicts popular opinion and a large faction of research in the field (e.g., Iglehart, 1993;Massinga & Pecora, 2004;Pecora & Washington, 2007;Simmel, 2012;Taber & Proch, 1987). Notably, this was found despite the narrow age distribution of our sample at entry (M = 15.41, SD = 1.63) and discharge (M = 16.51, SD = 1.88), which underscores the impact of this finding.…”

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Outcomes of an Agency-Developed Treatment Foster Care Model for Adolescents

Bishop-Fitzpatrick

Jung

Nam

et al. 2014

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

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Adolescents constitute a large proportion of youth in foster care, but few foster care models specifically concentrate on their developmental or treatment needs. This study examined outcomes for an agency-developed, theoretically based treatment foster care (TFC) model using de-identified administrative data from 612 youth discharged from care over a 3-year period using a structural equation modeling path analysis. Results indicate that youth enrolled in Pressley Ridge Treatment Foster Care (PR-TFC) improve in functioning from entry to discharge and that, overall, youth in PR-TFC treatment typically improve in day-to-day functioning as they age, and youth who enter the PR-TFC homes at an older age generally function better at discharge than younger youth who stayed comparable amounts of time. Additional results indicate that older youth, youth with a greater number of clinical diagnoses, youth with a lower pre-test Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) score, and youth of color spent more time in care, while older youth, youth with fewer clinical diagnoses, youth with lower pre-test CAFAS scores, and European American youth had lower post-test CAFAS scores, indicating better functioning at discharge. This article also provides an example of how administrative data can be used to develop practice-based evidence for a treatment model.

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“…27,28,[44][45][46] In a Midwestern U.S. study of emancipated foster youths, more than half were uninsured. This population is at increased risk for homelessness, lower educational attainment, poor mental health, substance abuse, and criminal justice system involvement.…”

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“…This population is at increased risk for homelessness, lower educational attainment, poor mental health, substance abuse, and criminal justice system involvement. 39,44 This act established the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program, which provides funding for independent living activities and gives states the option to extend Medicaid coverage to age 21 for emancipated foster youth. 27 Policies to address the needs of this population include the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999.…”

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confidence: 99%

Caring for Foster Children

Fortin¹

2011

Child Abuse and Neglect

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Providing Better Opportunities for Older Children in the Child Welfare System

Cited by 3 publications

References 14 publications

Remaining in Foster Care After Age 18 and Youth Outcomes at the Transition to Adulthood: A Review

Remaining in Foster Care After Age 18 and Youth Outcomes at the Transition to Adulthood: A Review

Outcomes of an Agency-Developed Treatment Foster Care Model for Adolescents

Caring for Foster Children

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