The long-term correlates of family foster care

Buehler, Cheryl; Orme, John G.; Post, James A.; Patterson, David A.

doi:10.1016/s0190-7409(00)00108-0

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“…Numerous other studies of young adults aging out of foster care are also available, documenting homelessness, low educational attainment, inadequate employment and income, teen and single parenthood, and lower overall well-being among former foster youth (Barth, 1990;Brandford & English, 2002;Brown & Wilderson, 2010;Buehler, Orme, Post, & Patterson, 2000;Cook, 1994;Courtney et al, 2001;Daining & DePanfilis, 2007;English, Kouidou-Giles, & Plocke, 1994;Festinger, 1983;Iglehart & Becerra, 2002;Jones, 2011;McMillen & Tucker, 1999;Reilly, 2003). These studies range from large-scale surveys to smaller qualitative studies involving in-depth and semi-structured interviews.…”

Section: Identity Capital: a Framework For Understanding The Transitimentioning

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“…These studies range from large-scale surveys to smaller qualitative studies involving in-depth and semi-structured interviews. They take place nationally (Buehler et al, 2000;Cook, 1994) and locally (CA, WA, WI, NY, NV, and TX), all yielding similar indicators of hardship in youths' efforts to establish independence. More positively, and supporting findings from the Midwest Study, the majority of youth across studies also report having a strong connection with at least one supportive adult upon leaving care, and depending on locale, youth report feeling somewhat to mostly prepared for living on their own.…”

Section: Identity Capital: a Framework For Understanding The Transitimentioning

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Experiences of youth who transition to adulthood out of care: Developing a theoretical framework

Lee

Berrick

2014

Children and Youth Services Review

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Adverse adulthood outcomes are well documented among youth who age out of foster care. However, not all youth who age out of care experience deleterious adult outcomes, despite struggling with similar challenges during the transition from adolescence to adulthood. Childhood maltreatment, which places youth at greater risk for later maladaptive functioning and psychopathology, may partially explain poor adjustment outcomes in adulthood. Similarly, a history of unstable placements and residing in institutional congregate care settings may also contribute to hardship during this time. However, none of these factors help to explain how some young people aging out of care manage to achieve stability while transitioning into adulthood. This article reviews the literature through the lens of the identity capital framework, and discusses the applicability of this framework to the experiences of youth aging out of foster care.

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Section: Identity Capital: a Framework For Understanding The Transitimentioning

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Experiences of youth who transition to adulthood out of care: Developing a theoretical framework

Lee

Berrick

2014

Children and Youth Services Review

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“…KEY WORDS: children; maltreatment; mentor; school; tutor A cademic success is vital for children and youths to transition without difficulty to adolescence and young adulthood (Buehler, Orme, Post, & Patterson, 2000). This transition is markedly more difficult for many children who have been victims of maltreatment.…”

Section: The School Success Program: Improving Maltreated Children's mentioning

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The School Success Program: Improving Maltreated Children's Academic and School-related Outcomes

Mallett¹

2012

Children & Schools

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Many victims of childhood maltreatment experience difficulties in school and with aca demic performance. This article reviews the evidence on the connection between child hood maltreatment and school performance and presents an evaluation of a unique program established by Children's Services in Lorain County, Ohio. Since 2001, the School Success Program, in collaboration with 18 Ohio public school districts, has pro vided individual tutoring and mentoring by certified teachers to 615 maltreated children and youths, working closely with the whole family in an in-home setting. Most children and youths in the program have progressed to their appropriate grade level while improv ing overall grade point averages from 1.74 to 2.56 in core academic subjects. Program par ticipants have shown one-year improvements that are significant when compared with those of their nonmaltreated peers: Basic reading and comprehension skills improved 58 percent; math reasoning and comprehension skills improved 50 percent; basic writing skills improved 48 percent; and overall academic skills improved 51 percent. These improvements were seen across both gender and race, with almost equal gains made by minority and nonminority children and youths, but particularly by boys. Implications for school social work practice are set forth in light of these promising results.

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“…Majorities of them leave their placements without a job or high school diploma and make living arrangements with relatives after leaving their placements (Cook 1994;Mech 1994;Lindsey and Ahmed 1999;McMillen and Tucker 1999). Educational and economic disadvantages continue after exit from out-of-home care and into adulthood (Buehler et al 2000). So, too, the living arrangements made on leaving out-of-home care are typically unplanned and, if the subject is living with family, are likely to be unstable because many of these youths were removed from these homes only a few years earlier (McMillen and Tucker 1999).…”

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“…In adult life, compared with the more general population, individuals who left out-of-home care are more prone to difficulties in marriage and family life, substance abuse, and mental health problems (Buehler et al 2000). While the vast majority of children receiving out-of-home placements exit them before age 17 (Courtney and Barth 1996;McMillen and Tucker 1999), most of those who exit care in their late teens and beyond enter out-of-home care as teenagers and comprise "the most troubled of all children in out-of-home care" (McMillen and Tucker 1999, p. 341).…”

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Public Shelter Admission among Young Adults with Child Welfare Histories by Type of Service and Type of Exit

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Metraux

Brodbar

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Social Service Review

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This study examines the prevalence and associated factors of New York City public shelter use among young adults with histories of out-of-home care or nonplacement preventive services as teenagers. The study finds that 19 percent of former child welfare service users entered public shelters within 10 years of exit from child welfare. Persons with out-of-home placement histories are twice as likely to enter public shelters (22 percent) as those who received nonplacement preventive services only (11 percent). Persons exiting child welfare through absconding from child welfare have the highest rate of shelter use, followed by those discharged to independent living. Comments

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The long-term correlates of family foster care

Cited by 161 publications

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Experiences of youth who transition to adulthood out of care: Developing a theoretical framework

Experiences of youth who transition to adulthood out of care: Developing a theoretical framework

The School Success Program: Improving Maltreated Children's Academic and School-related Outcomes

Public Shelter Admission among Young Adults with Child Welfare Histories by Type of Service and Type of Exit

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