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Post‐secondary transitions of youth emancipated from foster care
Author(s) -
Batsche Catherine,
Hart Sarah,
Ort Rhonda,
Armstrong Mary,
Strozier Anne,
Hummer Victoria
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
child and family social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-2206
pISSN - 1356-7500
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2012.00891.x
Subject(s) - foster care , emancipation , positive youth development , foster parents , work (physics) , psychological resilience , psychology , nursing , developmental psychology , medicine , political science , social psychology , engineering , mechanical engineering , politics , law
This study investigated the extent to which K now H ow2 G o ( KH2Go ), a national college access campaign developed for first‐generation students in the USA , would resonate with youth who had aged out of foster care. Interviews were conducted with 27 youth who were enrolled in a post‐secondary programme following emancipation from foster care. We found KH2Go to have a close fit with the experiences of youth who had been in foster care. Four topics emerged as particularly important for youth in our study: money management, work, parenting and transportation. Finally, the study identified attributes these youth demonstrated that contributed to their resilience during the transition process. This study and the data presented pertain to youth living in the south‐eastern USA .