![Sample our Health and Social Care journals, sign in here to start your FREE access for 14 days]({"type":"image" , "src" : "/sda/5938/TOC-Subject-Sample-2021-Health-Social-Care.jpg"})
![Editing Services Awareness English-speaking]({"type":"image" , "src" : "/sda/111054/Resources-Scientific-Editing-Services.jpg"})
![SDG Online Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being. Request a free trial today]({"type":"image" , "src" : "/sda/110750/JournalAd-Resources-SDGO-3-2021.png"})
ABSTRACT
Research has shown that youth aging out of the foster care system experience an increased risk for several adverse adult outcomes (e.g., homelessness, unemployment, low educational attainment). Yet, fewer studies have examined the impact of homelessness on adult outcomes. The current study uses National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) to examine the associations between homelessness and two outcomes, post-secondary education and employment status, for transition-aged foster youth (N = 4,235). This study found that youth who experienced homelessness between 19 and 21 years were less likely to have post-secondary education or full-time employment, controlling for individual and foster care characteristics.
Acknowledgments
The data utilized in this article were made available by the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, and were used with permission. Data from the study were originally collected by the Administration for Child and Families.
Funding
This research did not receive any specific grant from a funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.