Loring Paul Jones

Life after Foster Care (eBook, PDF)

Improving Outcomes for Former Foster Youth

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book apprises readers of the present conditions of former and emancipated foster youth, provides evidence-based best practices regarding their experiences, and proposes new policies for ensuring better outcomes for these children upon discharge from foster care.

For most American youth, the transition to adulthood is gradual and aided by support from parents and others. In contrast, foster youth are expected to arrive at self-sufficiency abruptly and without the same level of support. Such an expectation may be due in part to what Loring Paul Jones has found in his research: that many of the studies conducted thus far have been fragmented and incomplete, often focusing on a particular state or agency that may follow policies not applicable nationwide.

This book connects the dots between these disparate studies to provide child welfare practitioners, policy makers, and students with a broader picture of the state of American youth following discharge from foster care. It examines not only child welfare policies but also related policies in areas such as housing and education that may contribute to the success or failure of foster youth in society. It additionally draws lessons from successful programs to provide readers with the tools needed to develop foster and after-care systems that more closely mirror the support afforded to youth in the general population.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781440857416
• Artikelnr.: 68184006

Autorenporträt

Loring Paul Jones is a professor in the School of Social Work at San Diego State University, where he teaches courses in social policy, child welfare, research, and child and family policy.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Foster Care and the Transition to Young Adulthood Chapter 2 The
Transition to Adulthood in the United States Chapter 3 Toward a National
Policy on Transitioning Foster Youth Chapter 4 Independent Living Services:
Getting Youth Ready to Leave Care Chapter 5 Research on Life after Foster
Care Chapter 6 Education Outcomes and Challenges for Foster Children
Chapter 7 Self-Sufficiency: Employment, Earnings, and Receipt of Public
Benefits Chapter 8 Housing and the Dangers of Homelessness Chapter 9
Health Outcomes Chapter 10 Mental Health Outcomes Chapter 11 Pregnancy,
Sexuality, and Parenting Chapter 12 Criminal Justice Involvement Chapter 13
Family and Other Social Support Networks Chapter 14 Where Have We Been and
Where Should We Go? Appendix A Review of the Research on Independent Living
Programs Appendix B Review of the Research on Life after Foster Care
References Index