A critical step to improving the well-being of children and youth in foster care is understanding the complex health care needs they face. That's why a team of experts at the University of Colorado School of Medicine collaborated ...
Jul 23, 2024
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Youth with foster care involvement have an increased risk for mental health diagnoses, trauma and worse outcomes in adulthood than their peers. Research about how youth with disabilities, including autism and intellectual ...
Feb 12, 2024
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Published in the international journal Child Abuse & Neglect, University of Minnesota researchers found parental incarceration and foster care were separately linked with mental health problems. However, youth who had experienced ...
Oct 13, 2022
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According to estimates from the Children's Bureau, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there were 673,000 children in or entering foster care in the United States in 2019.
Jun 8, 2021
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An estimated 25,000 to 28,000 youth transition out of foster care each year in the United States. In a new study, interviews with hundreds of 17-year-olds in the California foster care system reveal not only elevated mental ...
Apr 20, 2020
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youths are more likely to end up in foster care or unstable housing and suffer negative outcomes, such as substance abuse or mental health issues, while living in ...
Feb 11, 2019
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Children in foster care often suffer detrimental effects that can carry over into adulthood and infect future relationships. However, new Penn State research indicates youth who age out of foster care attain higher educational ...
Jul 27, 2018
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States are required to provide health insurance to young people who have aged out of the foster care system until their 26th birthday. Although the intent of the provision is to mirror the extended coverage available to young ...
Oct 18, 2016
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The college graduation rate for students who have lived in foster care is 3 percent, among the lowest of any demographic group in the country. And this rate is unlikely to improve unless community colleges institute formal ...
Apr 20, 2015
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