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National Child Maltreatment Response And Foster Care Entries: 2005-2010, Zeinab Chahine
National Child Maltreatment Response And Foster Care Entries: 2005-2010, Zeinab Chahine
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This study involves secondary analysis of the national administrative data contained in two major federal child maltreatment and foster care data systems, the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System and the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System for 2005 to 2010. The study examines the data related to screening in and determination of maltreatment reports (child maltreatment response), as well as the provision of services to children referred for maltreatment. The purpose is to determine how the child welfare services/child protective services systems responses to child maltreatment contributed to the 17% decline in foster care entries from …
Outcomes For Young Adults In Extended Foster Care, Katie Sue Netzel, Michelle Becerra Tardanico
Outcomes For Young Adults In Extended Foster Care, Katie Sue Netzel, Michelle Becerra Tardanico
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This study examined the outcomes for young adults in Extended Foster Care. Extended Foster Care is a relatively new program within the Child Welfare system, which provides services for former foster youth between the ages of 18 and 21 to become more successful, independent young adults. Before the implementation of Extended Foster Care in 2012, most of the foster children were left to fend for themselves after they turned 18, which resulted in negative outcomes. Extended Foster Care is a seemingly helpful program; however, due to its new existence there has been very limited research regarding the outcomes of these …