Community-Based Family Support: Exemplars with Implementation and Evaluation Strategies
This brief examines the need for community-based initiatives, lessons learned on implementation, and promising evaluation strategies.
Youth outcomes
Achieving higher education goals: Resources for youth in and from foster care
This fact sheet provides information, including tips on scholarships and financial aid, that can help youth continue their education.
Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Students from Foster Care: Readings, Resources, Program Links
This Supporting Success supplement offers resources for postsecondary education professionals working to support students from foster care.
PBS explores programs that support foster youths’ educational success
One of the most important supports that helps students succeed in school is a deeply involved and caring adult.
How do youth placed in foster care fare once they grow up?
The Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study provided a clearer picture of how alumni were functioning after they left care.
The Well-Being of Children in the Child Welfare System: An Analysis of the Second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW II)
Children involved in the child welfare system have more developmental challenges than the general population, according to this report.
The Multi-Site Accelerated Permanency Project Technical Report: 12-Month Permanency Outcomes
This project was developed to increase legal permanency rates for older youth in foster care through the use of Permanency Roundtables.
Permanency, Partnership and Perseverance: Lessons from the California Residential Based Services Reform Project
The California Legislature authorized a project in 2007 to reform the state’s group care system. This 2013 report evaluates the project’s results.
Michigan, Texas Foster Care Alumni Study Technical Reports: Outcomes at age 23 and 24
The State Foster Care Alumni Study examined demographics, maltreatment history, foster care experiences and outcomes for Texas and Michigan alumni.
Supporting Success: Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Students from Foster Care
This resource provides professionals and advocates with a powerful tool for improving postsecondary education and training outcomes.