Placement stability for adolescents in foster care: findings from a program experiment.
Increased stability in foster care placements for adolescents who had multiple placement failures and who were alienated from family and other social institutions is reported as the outcome of a demonstration placement-planning and support service in a public agency. Other positive findings are described.
D000293:Adolescent; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care