78 Subgroups of Youth Transitioning to Adulthood from Foster Care • Based on longitudinal study in three states in the Midwest led by Mark Courtney • Suggested four subgroups with distinctive characteristics • Youth can and do move among the subgroups
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Subgroups of Youth Transitioning to Adulthood from Foster Care
• Based on longitudinal study in three states in the Midwest led by Mark Courtney
• Suggested four subgroups with distinctive characteristics
• Youth can and do move among the subgroups
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Accelerated Adults• 36% of total group• 2/3 of group is female• Most likely to live on
own in stable situation• Almost all have high
school diploma• Most likely to be
employed• Over half have
attended some college
Accelerated Adults
• Low rate of criminal conviction
• Nearly ½ have resident children
• Most likely to have completed key transitions
• “Grow up” faster & “take on adult responsibilities”
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Struggling Parents• 25% of total group• Nearly ¾ female• More likely to be African
American• Most have resident
children• Most likely to be married
or cohabiting• Equally likely to live on
own, or with relatives, friends or others
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Struggling Parents• Least likely to have finished
high school or attend college
• Least likely to be currently enrolled
• 25% unemployed• Lowest rate of employment• Low rate of criminal
conviction• Low level of social support
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Emerging Adults• 20% of total group• Slightly over 50% male• All living with friends,
relatives or in settings not their own
• Majority have finished high school
• Second highest rate of having some college
• Second highest rate of current employment
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Emerging Adults
• Least likely to have children• Those that have children, 2/3
are nonresident• Least likely to have been
married• Least likely to have been
homeless or couch surfed• Some delayed adult markers
but have avoided hardship
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Troubled and Troubling
• 20% of total group• Vast majority are male• Most likely to be
currently incarcerated, otherwise institutionalized, homeless and/or experienced high residential mobility
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Troubled and Troubling
• 2/5 have not finished high school
• 1/10 have some college• Least likely to be
employed• Nearly half have children
but do not live with them• Over 4/5 have a criminal
conviction since age 18
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Troubled and Troubling
• Least likely to be prepared to be on their own at exit from care
• Most likely to report mental health and/or substance abuse problems
• Most likely to have been homeless or couch surfed
• Lowest level of social support
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Building New Relationships
• Identify youth’s perspective on need for new relationships
• With adults
• With peers
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Rebuilding Old Relationships
• Youth has decision making
• Safety issues• Balanced
perceptions• Assistance with
contacts• Debrief experiences
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For All Relationships
• Issues of trust• Issues of
accountability• Issues of
dependability• Positive contribution
–To youth’s life–Youth to lives of
others90
Meeting the Needs of Non-Minor Dependents
• Exploring the practice implications for working with non minor dependents