Tag: Preparation For Adulthood


Young People Need Families: Practice Strategies to Make Permanence a Priority

This essay, presented at the 2008 National Convening on Youth Permanence, describes how young people in foster care need family plus.

Call to Action: An Integrated Approach to Youth Permanency and Preparation for Adulthood

This brief but comprehensive essay examines the need to ensure that all youth in foster care have both family relationships they can count on for…

The Road to Independence: Transitioning Youth in Foster Care to Independence

This study of foster care alumni focuses on the adaptation of former foster youth during their young adulthood.

Postsecondary Education for Foster Youth: How We Can Help Them Succeed

This forum convened representatives from secondary and postsecondary education, child welfare professionals, and students – both current youth in foster care and alumni – to…