Mental disorders among adults formerly in out-of-home care: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies

S Seker, C Boonmann, H Gerger, L Jäggi… - European Child & …, 2022 - Springer
While children and adolescents placed in child welfare or juvenile justice out-of-home care
show higher prevalence rates of mental disorders compared to the general population, it …

Risk and resilience factors for youth homelessness in western countries: A systematic review

RE Grattan, VL Tryon, N Lara… - Psychiatric …, 2022 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objectives: The experience of homelessness for young people can affect social, emotional,
and physical development, resulting in poorer physical and mental health outcomes. To …

Economics of foster care

A Bald, JJ Doyle Jr, M Gross, BA Jacob - Journal of Economic …, 2022 - aeaweb.org
Foster care provides substitute living arrangements to protect maltreated children. The
practice is remarkably common: it is estimated that 5 percent of children in the United States …

Research to consider while effectively re-designing child welfare services

RP Barth, JD Berrick, AR Garcia… - Research on Social …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
An intense appetite for reforming and transforming child welfare services in the United
States is yielding many new initiatives. Vulnerable children and families who become …

Supporting transitions to adulthood for youth leaving care: Consensus based principles

AT Harder, V Mann-Feder, I Oterholm… - Children and Youth …, 2020 - Elsevier
The transition to adulthood for young people leaving care has become a significant subject
of research over recent decades, especially given consistent findings that suggest that …

Young people transitioning from out-of-home care: What are the lessons from extended care programmes in the USA and England for Australia?

P Mendes, J Rogers - The British Journal of Social Work, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Young people transitioning from out-of-home care (generally called care leavers) are
recognised globally as a vulnerable group. In the last eighteen months, four Australian …

Effects of individual risk and state housing factors on adverse outcomes in a national sample of youth transitioning out of foster care

DM Prince, S Vidal, N Okpych, CM Connell - Journal of adolescence, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction Compared to their peers, youth who leave the foster care system without
permanency experience greater risks for adverse young adult outcomes, including …

Connected after care: Youth characteristics, policy, and programs associated with postsecondary education and employment for youth with foster care histories

JM Geiger, NJ Okpych - Child maltreatment, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent federal laws and state policies reflect the government's investment in improving
education and employment outcomes for youth with foster care histories. However, little …

Work and resilience: Care leavers' experiences of navigating towards employment and independence

R Furey, J Harris‐Evans - Child & Family Social Work, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Poor education and employment outcomes have long been associated with care
experienced young people transitioning into independence, even after adjusting for prior …

The roles of Campus-Support Programs (CSPs) and Education and Training Vouchers (ETVs) on college persistence for youth with foster care histories

NJ Okpych, SE Park, S Sayed, ME Courtney - Children and Youth Services …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Education and Training Vouchers (ETVs) and campus support programs (CSPs)
are two interventions designed to support postsecondary education persistence for college …