Educational outcomes for adults formerly in foster care: The role of ethnicity

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-52

  Villegas, Susy ^a   Rosenthal, James ^a   O'Brien, Kirk ^b   Pecora, Peter J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Casey Family Programs ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult educational outcomes; Child welfare; Disproportionality; Education disparities; Foster care; Hispanics; Out of home care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888870843     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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