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Samuels, Gina Miranda – Chapin Hall Center for Children, 2008
The phenomenon called "aging out" includes approximately 20,000 young people who enter adulthood directly from foster care each year (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2005). The number of youth and young adults who aged out of care in the U.S. in 2005, the year for which the most current statistics are available, increased 48 percent…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Young Adults, Foster Care, Social Indicators
Mayer, Susan – Chapin Hall Center for Children, 2005
This study set out to explore the mechanisms for educating court-involved youth in Chicago, learn about the available educational options, and the barriers, if any, these young people face when continuing in or returning to school. A key finding is that educational options in Chicago that are designed expressly for court-involved youth who are…
Descriptors: Zero Tolerance Policy, Juvenile Courts, Juvenile Justice, Accountability