Factors Associated with Postsecondary Engagement for Youth Leaving Foster Care: An Analysis Using the National Youth in Transition Database.

Achieving postsecondary education is a goal that many youth with foster care experience have, but struggle to achieve. This study uses data from the National Youth in Transition Database to examine factors associated with postsecondary engagement by age 19 for 1,860 youth with foster care experience...

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Published in:	Child Welfare Vol. 97; no. 6; pp. 121 - 145
Main Authors:	Salazar, Amy M., Horn, John Paul, Cleveland, Michael J.
Format:	Article
Published:	Child Welfare League of America 2019
Subjects:	Higher education Aging out of foster care Youth services Ex-foster children Independent living
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost