The Difficult Transition to Adulthood for Foster Youth in the US: Implications for the State as Corporate Parent

The Difficult Transition to Adulthood for Foster Youth in the US: Implications for the State as Corporate Parent.

Mark E. Courtney.

Courtnety es profesor de la Escuela de Trabajo Social de la Universidad de Washington.

También es director de "Partners for Our Children", una alianza publico-privada patrocinada por la Universidad de Washington para el mejoraniento de los servicios de bienestar o protección de niños. El presente artículo es parte de los papers de la Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD).

"Although they make up a relatively small proportion of all children in the U.S. foster care system, foster youth approaching adulthood have over the years attracted considerable attention from policymakers. Three times in the past 25 years the Social Security Act has been amended to try to better support the transition to adulthood for foster youth."