title: Vocational preparation and employability development.
abstract: Finding and keeping a job are multidimensional tasks that foster care youths discharged to independent living must master. Foster care agencies play critical roles ranging from the development of individualized case plans and skill training to identifying and accessing community resources in helping youths to meet these challenges.
authors.affiliation: Division of Family and Children Services, New York State Department of Social Services, Albany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: North
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mallabar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Desrochers
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000379:methods*; D000293:Adolescent; D002321:Career Choice; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods*; D012947:Social Work; D014829:Vocational Education / Q000379:methods; D014830:Vocational Guidance / Q000379:methods