Despite an overall increase in college attendance, low-income youth and particularly those in the foster care system are less likely to attend college (Wolanin, 2005). Although youth in foster care report high educational aspirations, as little as ...
The English literature major, who came here as a child with her family from Bangladesh, found herself in the foster care system at 16 years old. When it was time to think about college, she was lost. "I was a junior in high school and then I ended up homeless, and after...
As colleges across the United States opened for fall semester, incoming freshmen and their parents across the country completed that very American of rituals: preparing for the big dorm room move with massive shopping sprees and online orders to buy...
000). Whereas, adopting from foster care has very little, if any, upfront cost. You might wait in line for years to get a baby from a private agency.Whereas, the kids in foster care have waited years for you. Because 100,000+ are waiting, and very few people are getting in line f...
The economic benefits of a college education are well documented; however, data from studies of young people transitioning out of foster care indicate that the college graduation rate for this population is very low. The child welfare system has traditionally done a poor job of encouraging foster ...
For example, many foster care alumni in college have been shown to be less prepared academically and experience less support and guidance than their peers, resulting in poorer outcomes (Courtney, Terao, & Bost, 2004; McMillen, Auslander, Elze, White, & Thompson, 2002; Merdinger et al., ...
Youth who remain in care after 18 have higher rates of enrollment in high school completion programs and college and better access to health care as well as lower rates of unemployment, homelessness, and incarceration. With the goal of reducing negative outcomes, the federal government requires ...
High school graduation is a key developmental milestone. Most youth in foster care and young people generally want to attend college but adverse experience
sport and exercise and teacher education in geography, German, French and healthcare and welfare. They participated in individual semi-structured interviews with a researcher, lasting between 28 and 67 min with an average of 42 min. A total of 670 min of interviews were collected, and 304 page...
formerly "Pathways OASIS," have been extraordinary. By providing a Personal Services Coordinator who helped me navigate some of the social programs I needed, I have been able to access housing, a phone plan, food and medical care. This was amazing and done quickly considering my circumstances....