Journal article
Defining and achieving permanency among older youth in foster care
Children and youth services review, Vol.87, pp.9-16
04/2018
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/110456
PMCID: PMC5978934
PMID: 29875523
Abstract
Permanency is a key child welfare system goal for the children they serve. This study addresses three key research questions: (1) How do older youth in foster care define their personal permanency goals? (2) How much progress have these youth made in achieving their personal permanency goals and other aspects of relational permanency, and how does this vary by gender, race, and age? and (3) What transition-related outcomes are associated with relational permanency achievement? Surveys were conducted with 97 youth between the ages of 14 and 20 currently in care. Over three-fourths of participants had an informal/relational permanency goal; however, only 6.7% had achieved their goal. Of eight additional conceptualizations of relational permanency assessed, the one associated with achievement of the highest number of key transition outcomes was Sense of Family Belonging. The transition outcomes with the most associations with permanency achievement were physical health and mental health. Relational permanency is a highly personal part of the transition process for youth in care, warranting personalized supports to ensure individual youths' goals are being addressed in transition planning. Permanency achievement may also provide a foundation for supporting youth in achieving other key transition outcomes.
•This paper explores relational permanency achievement among youth in foster care.•Most youth reported having a permanency goal, but only 6.7% had achieved it.•Achievement of some conceptualizations of permanency differed by race and gender.•Physical and mental health were associated with permanency achievement.
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- Title
- Defining and achieving permanency among older youth in foster care
- Creators
- Amy M Salazar - Department of Human Development, Washington State University, 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave., Vancouver, WA 98686-9600, USAKevin R Jones - Dorothy Day Social Work Program, University of Portland, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd., Portland, Oregon 97203-5798, USAJamie Amemiya - Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 210 South Bouquet Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USAAdrian Cherry - Department of Human Development, Washington State University, 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave., Vancouver, WA 98686-9600, USAEric C Brown - Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami, 1120 NW 14th St., Suite 1014, Miami, FL 33136, USARichard F Catalano - Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, 9725 3rd Ave. NE, Suite 401, Seattle, WA 98115, USAKathryn C Monahan - Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 210 South Bouquet Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
- Publication Details
- Children and youth services review, Vol.87, pp.9-16
- Academic Unit
- Human Development, Department of
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Identifiers
- 99900547224301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article