Can't do it alone: housing collaborations to improve foster youth outcomes.
Research documents that youth transitioning out of the foster care system experience a variety of negative outcomes, including homelessness. Housing collaborations, which aim to comprehensively address resource and service needs for transitioning youth, including permanent connections, education, and employment, have resulted in innovative programming and forged new relationships among child welfare, social service and housing developers, and providers. This article describes the partners, models, and resources several collaborations used and their progress and outcomes; shares insights gained; and explores productive directions for future work.
Choca
Miryam J
MJ
Casey Family Programs, San Diego, CA, USA.
Minoff
Jedediah
J
Angene
Lyn
L
Byrnes
Michele
M
Kenneally
Lois
L
Norris
DeWayne
D
Pearn
Deanne
D
Rivers
Marina M
MM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D019058:Community Networks; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018453:Homeless Youth / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D016730:Program Development; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014504:Urban Health