Sentences with phrase «among youth in foster care»

Pathways to preventing substance use among youth in foster care.

Fostering hope: Preventing teen pregnancy among youth in foster care.

Preventing pregnancy among youth in foster care.

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Among the 415,000 youth in the foster care system nationwide, only 46 % will earn a high school diploma or GED, and less than 3 % will obtain a bachelor's degree.

Although efforts have been made to specifically improve graduation rates among subgroups that regularly have lower achievement, including English learners, those in the foster care system or low - income youth, the American Institutes» study released last week suggests districts should also target subgroups within racial and ethnic subgroups where significant cultural variety is common.

Placement Preferences Among Children Living in Foster or Kinship Care: A Cluster Analysis Merritt Children and Youth Services Review, 30 (5), 2008 View Abstract Reports findings that indicate that across waves of data collection, children express a sense of belonging in their foster homes, providing great utility in evaluative efforts that include listening to the voices of the children by encouraging their participation in case planning and service evaluation.

We measured child maltreatment investigations, indicated reports, and out - of - home care placements from birth to age five among 2,487 children born to youth in foster care between 2000 and 2008.

One way to reduce the rate of child welfare services involvement among the children of youth in foster care is to help young people in foster care delay becoming parents.