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Empowerment of youth in foster care
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Empowerment of youth in foster care
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foster care alumni's perceptions of transition supports during aging out of care
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Lavin
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Ewa U.
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1977-
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Ewa Lavin
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author
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Gantwerk
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Lewis
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Lewis Gantwerk
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Advisory Committee
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chair
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Lang
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Robin
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Robin Lang
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co-chair
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Rutgers University
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degree grantor
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Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
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2013
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2013-01
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eng
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Outcome research has shown that upon aging out of the foster care system, many young adults struggle during their transition to independence. Youth who age out are less likely than their peers in the general population to achieve academic success, including high school graduation and post-secondary education. These youth are more likely to be unemployed or work at jobs that do not provide them with financial security. They are more likely than their peers to experience violence, victimization, homelessness or unstable housing, mental illness, and other poor health outcomes. They are also at an increased risk for incarceration, substance abuse, and early parenthood; and they are more likely to lose their children to the foster care system. The current study seeks to examine experiences foster care alumni identify as empowering and promoting resilience. By identifying elements that contributed to building self-sufficiency and positive outcomes, this research attempts to inform practitioners, policy makers, and other stakeholders as they attempt to move towards best practices of effective service delivery. Data were collected by conducting semi-structured interviews with four foster care alumni who were in care in New Jersey. Transcribed interview data was analyzed utilizing McCracken’s “grounded theory” as a guide. Data was reduced to smaller units for identification of common, interrelated themes. These themes and patterns were subjected to a process of analysis in an attempt to inform conclusions. Participants credit their positive outcomes, post transition, to several factors, which include the impact of relationships and mentoring, as well as other intrinsic and environmental factors. Study participants offered several recommendations for policy and program reform. The relationship of findings to literature, limitations and implications of the current study for practice and research are discussed.
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School Psychology
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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vii, 119 p.
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Psy.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Ewa U. Lavin
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Ex-foster children--New Jersey
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Foster home care--Social aspects--New Jersey
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http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore10001800001.ETD.000067518
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Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T37W69XB
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ETD doctoral
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Lavin
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Ewa
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2013-01-02 12:45:38
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Ewa Lavin
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Rutgers University. Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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