The journey to adulthood is a big step for all young people. However, for young people
leaving care it may be far more difficult, coping with major changes in their lives and at a …

Background The transition to adult life for those leaving foster care is a multidimensional
phase of their personal development. Care leavers' life outcomes are poorer in education …

Recently there has been a fundamental shift toward greater federal responsibility for
supporting foster youth during the transition to adulthood. The Fostering Connections to …

Research has demonstrated the employment and earnings benefits accompanying
educational attainment, and the relatively poor educational attainment and economic well …

Therapeutic Residential Care For Children and Youth takes a fresh look at therapeutic
residential care as a powerful intervention in working with the most troubled children who …

Abstract Evidence from American and Canadian studies over the last three decades
demonstrates that youth exiting foster care are at a much higher risk to face a multiplicity of …

The transition to adulthood for young people leaving care has become a significant subject
of research over recent decades, especially given consistent findings that suggest that …

LGBTQ youth are largely overrepresented in the child welfare system. The experiences of
LGBTQ youth have largely been overlooked. LGBTQ youth often encounter a number of …

The purpose of this study is to examine young care leavers' experiences of supportive and
nonsupportive factors after leaving care. Telephone interviews were conducted with 65 …

Young people's 'ageing out'of foster care has been described as stark and abrupt, in sharp
contrast with the gradual process of transitioning to adulthood experienced by parented …