Hispanic and African American Youth
Life After Foster Care Emancipation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12759669 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alfreda P Iglehart (Social Welfare Department, corresponding author), Rosina M Becerra (Social Welfare Department) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 79-107 |
| Publication date | 2002-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1531-3204 • E-ISSN: 1531-3212 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j051v11n01_04 |
| OpenAlex | W1539546113 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 11 |
This exploratory, qualitative study of 28 (10 Hispanic and 18 African American) former foster care youth attempts to capture the essence of their quest for self-sufficiency. While research on former foster care youth continues to highlight the problems confronting them after they emancipate from care, the depth of their struggles is often lost in the aggregation of statistics. The numbers themselves often fail to capture the hardships, isolation, hope, and despair many of them may face as they attempt to adjust to life after foster care. Furthermore, existing research often regards emancipated youth as a homogeneous population. Interviews with these respondents of color were coded to determine the themes and stories they held. The themes emergent from these interviews were: the importance of people in the independent living programs; vagueness in recalling the content of the independent living programs; family conflict; housing instability; regrets, fears, and lessons learned; and future goals. Implications for culturally sensitive practice and research are drawn from these data
Exploratory research · Face (sociological concept · Foster care · Isolation (microbiology · Population · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Vagueness · Child Welfare and Adoption · Homelessness and Social Issues · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology
Housing and Social Support for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
Navigating Relationships With Birth Family After Aging Out of Foster Care
Mitigating Risks of Incarceration Among Transition-Age Foster Youth
The permanence of family ties
Facilitating career development among care leavers
Independent living programs and services for youth 'aging out' of care in Canada and the U.S
Life satisfaction in the transition from care to adulthood
Suicidal behaviour in transition‐aged youth with out‐of‐home care experience
Finding their way home
Functional outcomes among sexual minority youth emancipating from the child welfare system
An examination of theory and promising practice for achieving permanency for teens before they age out of foster care
Resilience of youth in transition from out-of-home care to adulthood
Am I a Successful Adult? Exploring the Influence of Ethnic Diversity in Defining Success among Former Foster Youth
Understanding Identity Development and Spirituality in African American Female Adolescents through Their Foster Care Experience
Preparing Foster Youth for Independent Living
On your mark, get set, go
Perceived self-stigma in the utilization of mental health services in foster care and post foster care among foster care alumni
Evaluating the self-expressed unmet needs of emancipated foster youth over time
She holds my hand” The experiences of foster youth with their natural mentors
Experiences of youth who transition to adulthood out of care
| Citations per year | 1.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |