Helping former foster youth graduate from college through campus support programs

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-263

  Dworsky, Amy ^a   Pérez, Alfred ^b  

^a Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 71249109740     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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