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Social Workers Fostering Higher Education Within Foster Youth, Magally Villarreal, Danahly Contreras Reyes
Social Workers Fostering Higher Education Within Foster Youth, Magally Villarreal, Danahly Contreras Reyes
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The following research study examines foster youth and higher education, specifically focusing on the roles social workers do or might play in helping foster youth pursue higher education. The literature suggests that child welfare agencies have implemented programs for foster youth to be able pursue a higher education and for social workers to assist with the process, to improve foster youths’ educational outcomes. However, there continues to be a gap between foster youths’ aspirations and achievements.
This study uses a qualitative design, using in-depth interviews with social workers in Southern California. A snowball sampling method was used to recruit participants, …