Policy framework supporting youth aging-out of foster care through college: Review and recommendations

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1390-1396

  Okpych, Nathanael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Campus based programs; College persistence; Foster care; Foster care legislation; Postsecondary education; Youth aging out of foster care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861481937     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.02.013     Document Type: Note

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