Conceptualizing housing careers for vulnerable youth: Implications for research and policy

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 390-400

  Collins, Mary Elizabeth ^a   Curtis, Marah ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family Reunification Program; Foster care; Foster Care Independence Act; Homelessness; Housing career; Housing policy; Youth in transition

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CAREER; CHILD WELFARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; JUVENILE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HOUSING; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; POLICY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960046192     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2011.01107.x     Document Type: Article

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