Packard, Thomas; Delgado, Melanie; Fellmeth, Robert; … - In: Children and Youth Services Review 30 (2008) 11, pp. 1267-1278
Over 24,000 youth "aged out" of the nation's foster care system in FY 2005. While independent living programs and other services are available to foster youth, and almost all states allow dependency courts to retain jurisdiction of foster youth beyond age 18, outcomes for former foster youth are...
