INDEPENDENT-LIVING SERVICES - THE VIEWS OF FORMER FOSTER YOUTH

Citation
Jc. Mcmillen et al., INDEPENDENT-LIVING SERVICES - THE VIEWS OF FORMER FOSTER YOUTH, Families in society, 78(5), 1997, pp. 471-479
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Family Studies","Social Work
Journal title
ISSN journal
10443894
Volume
78
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
471 - 479
Database
ISI
SICI code
1044-3894(1997)78:5<471:IS-TVO>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Former consumers of independent living programs for youth in out-of-ho me care present their views of the services they received. me youth fo und that skills classes and stipends for independent living were helpf ul, that instruction in managing a budget was particularly valuable, a nd that the services lessened the stigmatization and isolation of bein g in care. Foster parents and specialized independent-living workers e ased the transition out of care, but regular public child welfare case workers were not helpful in this regard. me young people report that b eing in care was difficult to tolerate and that the transition out of care was often abrupt and difficult to manage.