Large percentages of foster youth have college aspirations, but estimates from research suggest that no more than 20 percent of that population are known to enroll and fewer than half of them actually graduate.
Education
Sep 26, 2018
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A special issue of Criminal Justice Review focuses on the victimization of specialized populations, including youth involved in prostitution, youth living in foster care, LGBTQ students in middle and high school, female college ...
Social Sciences
Sep 20, 2017
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A new University of California, Davis, survey finds that one of the strongest motivations for potential foster parents is the chance to help keep families together. It also identifies those Californians who are most and least ...
Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2016
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Every year, more than 23,000 youth leave foster care after turning 18 and begin adulthood. Unlike their peers who can depend on family who serve as support systems, those coming out of foster care have to be more self-sufficient ...
Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2016
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Language is a powerful tool that can ease the transition into a new home for foster children and enhances the possibility that it will be a successful placement, according to new research from the University at Buffalo.
Social Sciences
May 18, 2016
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The number of children in foster care across the country is driven not solely by child abuse and neglect, but by states' varying politics and approaches to social problems, a new University of Washington (UW) study finds.
Social Sciences
Apr 19, 2016
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As America continues to adopt more children internationally than any other country, hundreds of thousands of children in the U.S. – most of whom are children of color – sit in foster care awaiting adoption. Though some ...
Social Sciences
Mar 3, 2016
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A new research study launched today identifies the key factors that influence how well children in care do in schools in England and finds children who are fostered make better educational progress than children in need (those ...
Social Sciences
Nov 30, 2015
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Families who had children removed from the home due to parental substance abuse were more than twice as likely to be reunified when they took part in a family drug court that incorporated two innovative evidence-based parenting ...
Social Sciences
Nov 19, 2015
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A Victorian study has found that young people transitioning out of state care are at greater risk of entering the youth justice system than other young people.
Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2013
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