Precollegiate Program Attendance for Students in Foster Care: Exploring Impacts on Subsequent Financial Support Uptake.

Precollegiate programs (PCPs) have emerged as promising approaches for supporting the higher education trajectories of youth who have experienced foster care. However, little is known about their impact on subsequent college enrollment and connectedness to supportive resources. This study examined h...

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Publicado en:	Child Welfare Vol. 103; no. 6; pp. 1 - 24
Autores principales:	Turpin, Renni, Adams, Grace Bagwell, Gibbs, Daniel J., Tiller, Lori, Meyers, David
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Child Welfare League of America 2026
Materias:	Southern States High school students Evaluation of human services programs Foster home care Retrospective studies Social support Scholarships T-test (Statistics) Research funding Undergraduate programs Presenteeism (Labor) Multiple regression analysis Descriptive statistics Chi-squared test Longitudinal method School admission Statistics Data analysis software
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Sumario:	Precollegiate programs (PCPs) have emerged as promising approaches for supporting the higher education trajectories of youth who have experienced foster care. However, little is known about their impact on subsequent college enrollment and connectedness to supportive resources. This study examined how a summer PCP supported student uptake of financial supports such as Education and Training Vouchers (ETVs) and found that attendees received significantly more lifetime ETV funds and greater years of support than non-attendees.