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Voices of former foster youth: Supportive relationships in the transition to adulthood
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This article found that while foster youth did identify a wide network of both formal and informal supports during their transition to adulthood, there were "holes" in the form of support, especially appraisal and instrumental support, provided by informal network members.About:
This article is published in Children and Youth Services Review.The article was published on 2013-12-01. It has received 93 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Aging out & Youth studies.read more
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Better Futures: a Randomized Field Test of a Model for Supporting Young People in Foster Care with Mental Health Challenges to Participate in Higher Education
Sarah Geenen,Laurie E. Powers,Lee Ann Phillips,May Nelson,Jessica McKenna,Nichole Winges-Yanez,Linda Blanchette,Adrienne Croskey,Lawrence D. Dalton,Amy M. Salazar,Paul R. Swank +10 more
TL;DR: A preliminary efficacy evaluation of the Better Futures model indicates significant gains for the intervention group on measures of postsecondary participation, postsecondary and transition preparation, hope, self-determination, and mental health empowerment, as compared to the control group.
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In search of connection: The foster youth and caregiver relationship.
Heather L. Storer,Susan E. Barkan,Linnea L. Stenhouse,Caroline Eichenlaub,Anastasia Mallillin,Kevin P. Haggerty +5 more
TL;DR: This research underscores the important role positive relationships can play in foster youth's feelings of well-being and points to the need for foster parent training to include tangible strategies to develop stronger bonds.
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Development & maintenance of social support among aged out foster youth who received independent living services: Results from the Multi-Site Evaluation of Foster Youth Programs
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used multilevel longitudinal modeling to estimate growth in social support over three time points among 482 youth (n = 234 LST; n = 248 control).
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Social support and interdependency in transition to adulthood from child welfare services
Veronika Paulsen,Berit Berg +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a qualitative study explores the need for social support in transition to adulthood for youths in the child welfare service, focusing on what support they need and from whom they can get such support.
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Is anybody there? Informal supports accessed and sought by youth from foster care
Deborah Rutman,Carol Hubberstey +1 more
TL;DR: The authors report former foster youths' perspectives on their informal supports, what difference these supports made for them, and what they believed would be useful in their transition to adulthood, finding that while approximately half the informants reported having support from family, most did not have family whom they regularly relied upon for emotional, practical and/or financial support.
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