Unaccompanied migrant children in the United States: Predictors of placement stability in long term foster care

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 73, Issue , 2017, Pages 93-99

  Crea, Thomas M ^a   Lopez, Anayeli ^a   Taylor, Theresa ^b   Underwood, Dawnya ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Foster care; Global child protection; Immigration; Migrant youth; Placement change; Unaccompanied children

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006312519     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.12.009     Document Type: Article

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