The potential educational benefits of extending foster care to young adults: Findings from a natural experiment

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• 作者：Mark E. Courtney^a ; ^{markc@uchicago.edu} ; Jennifer L. Hook^b ; ^hook@usc.edu
• 关键词：Foster care ; Foster youth ; Young adults ; Education
• 刊名：Children and Youth Services Review
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：72
• 期：Complete
• 页码：124-132
• 全文大小：384 K
• 卷排序：72

文摘

Extending foster care to age 21 could support foster youths' educational attainment Relying on between-state policy variation, we assess the relationship between extended care and education through age 26 Each additional year in care increases the estimated odds of moving to the next level of education by 46% Youths' characteristics and experiences in care also predict educational attainment