 Educational outcomes for adults formerly in foster care: The role of ethnicitySusy Villegas, James Rosenthal, Kirk O'Brien and Peter J. Pecora Children and Youth Services Review, 2014, vol. 36, issue C, 42-52 Abstract: Focusing on Hispanics and using data from the Casey National Foster Care Alumni Study, this paper examines the impact of ethnicity and other predictors on educational outcomes of adults placed in family foster care as children/youth. Though 88% of the alumni completed high school with a diploma or a GED, less than 10% obtained bachelor's degrees or higher. Regression models indicated that ethnicity did not predict outcomes. Physical/learning disabilities, placement in care due to child maltreatment, younger age at entrance into child welfare, less time in care, instability in care, less preparation for leaving care, and younger age at the time of the study interview predicted lower educational outcomes. Findings are interpreted and the importance of stability of placement, continuity of services, and transition-to-independence services are discussed. Keywords: Foster care; Out-of-home care; Education disparities; Hispanics; Adult educational outcomes; Child welfare; Disproportionality (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:36:y:2014:i:c:p:42-52 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.11.005 Access Statistics for this article Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier |
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