Transition from Foster Care to Independent Living: Ecological Predictors Associated with Outcomes.
Nationally, the outcomes for youth aging out of foster care are dismal. Most children leaving foster care do not have the financial, medical, or social support tools necessary to bridge this transition successfully, placing a significant burden on youth leaving care (Courtney, Piliavin, Grogan, & Ne...
| Publicado en: | Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 293 - 303 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=116622643&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 116622643 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 07380151 COK jtl: Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal issn: 07380151 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2016 vid: 33 iid: 4 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 116622643 10.1007/s10560-015-0426-0 ppf: 293 ppct: 10 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 428KB tig: atl: Transition from Foster Care to Independent Living: Ecological Predictors Associated with Outcomes. aug: au: Scannapieco, Maria Smith, Marcella Blakeney-Strong, Amy affil: School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, 211 South Cooper Arlington 76019 USA su: Texas Education Employment Foster home care Housing Educational attainment Evaluation of human services programs Comparative studies Health outcome assessment Regression analysis T-test (Statistics) Financial management Independent living Transitional programs (Education) Descriptive statistics sug: subj: Education Employment Foster home care Housing Educational attainment Evaluation of human services programs Texas All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction Administration of Education Programs Educational Support Services Child and Youth Services Other Residential Care Facilities All other residential care facilities Other Community Housing Services Portfolio Management Comparative studies Health outcome assessment Regression analysis T-test (Statistics) Financial management Independent living Transitional programs (Education) Descriptive statistics keyword: Ecological predictors Foster care Independent Living Program Ecological predictors Foster care Independent Living Program ab: Nationally, the outcomes for youth aging out of foster care are dismal. Most children leaving foster care do not have the financial, medical, or social support tools necessary to bridge this transition successfully, placing a significant burden on youth leaving care (Courtney, Piliavin, Grogan, & Nesmith in Child Welfare 80:685-717, ; Kools & Kennedy in Pediatric Nursing 29(1):39-45, ; Simms, Dubowitz, & Szilagyi in Pediatrics 106:909-918, ). Given the poor outcomes for youth aging out of foster care, and the small body of literature on what works to improve outcomes, the purpose of this study was twofold. First to examine youth characteristics associated with better outcomes, and secondly to explore what program characteristics were correlated with outcomes. A causal comparative research design was used, employing pre-existing data. Records were collected from an agency in a large urban/suburban area in the State of Texas. Data was collected from both the Transition Resource Action Center (TRAC) and Children's Protective Services databases. To determine outcomes, both TRAC's Self-Sufficiency Matrix and case records were used. TRAC's Self-Sufficiency Matrix has five domains: Education, Employment, Employability, Financial Literacy, and Shelter. t tests were used to examine differences in outcomes between youth who received TRAC services before and after leaving care. t tests were also used to examine changes in overall Self-Sufficiency Matrix scores. Furthermore, linear and stepwise regressions were conducted to determine which variables were predictive of scores on the Self-Sufficiency Matrix. The results of this study indicate that TRAC is having a positive influence on the youth receiving services. Youth show significant improvement across four of the five identified domains and maintained on the fifth domain, employment. Implications for research practice and policy are presented. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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