Increasing college access for youth aging out of foster care: Evaluation of a summer camp program for foster youth transitioning from high school to college

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1173-1180

  Kirk, Rosalind ^a   Day, Angelique ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College access; Education; Evaluation; Foster youth transition; Resilience; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955766652     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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