In this study, national register data were used to analyse long‐term outcomes at age 25 for
around 700 Swedish young people placed in out‐of‐home care during their teens. The …

Most studies on young people aging-out of residential care (care leavers) have examined
their situation in various post-care life domains (eg education, employment), but their …

On any given day, nearly half a million children are served by foster care services in the US
at an annual cost of over $25 billion. Growing demand and shrinking funds have so greatly …

This study fills a gap in the existing literature by exploring developmentally appropriate
services that have the potential to improve psychological outcomes across the lifetime for …

This study explores the subjective well-being (SWB) of young people aging out of public
care in Israel, identifying the individual, social support and institutional characteristics of …

Abstract The Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study examined the effects of family foster care
on adult substance dependencies. The study focused on young adults (N= 479) who were …

The Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study examined the relation between experiences in
foster care and depression among young adults who spent at least a year in foster care as …

This research explores whether readiness to leave care mediates the association between
social support–from peers, staff and biological parents–on the verge of leaving care and life …

This article reports preliminary findings from a national cohort study in Israel on the
educational outcomes of 82,342 Jewish citizens born in 1981. We compare the educational …

Data are scarce on the long‐term needs of care‐leavers and on the support resources that
are available for them in the years after leaving care. This mixed‐methods study presents …