In This Issue:
Special Foreword: Twenty Years after the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 ('Chafee'): What We Know Now About Meeting the Needs of Teens and Young Adults
Cassandra Simmel and Victoria Kelly
Mentoring for Teens with Child Welfare Involvement: Permanency Outcomes from a Randomized Controlled Trial of the Fostering Healthy Futures for Teens Program
Heather N. Taussig, Kimberly Bender, Rachel Bennett, Katie Massey Combs, Orah Fireman and Robyn Wertheimer
Meeting Teens’ Needs and Preventing Unnecessary Out-of-Home Placements in Delaware
Karen Angelici, Jaime Dohn and Pamela Clarkson Freeman
From Data to Practice: The Impact of Placement with Family on Permanency and Well-Being
Jorge Cabrera, Matthew Claps, Kirk O’Brien, Yvonne H. Roberts, Whitney L. Rostad, Toni Rozanski, Stephen Shimshock and Amy Sharp Zimmermann
Early Warning Indicators of Dropping Out of School for Teens Who Experienced Foster Care
Elysia V. Clemens, Trent Lalonde, Kristin Klopfenstein and Alison Sheesley
Transition Age Youth (TAY) Needs Assessment: Feedback from TAY and Providers Regarding TAY Services, Resources, and Training
Tawny R. Spinelli, Tracey J. Riley, Nicole E. St. Jean, Jessica D. Ellis, Jonathan E. Bogard and Cassandra L. Kisiel
Speaking Back to the System: Recommendations for Practice and Policy from the Perspectives of Youth Formerly in Foster Care who are LGBTQ
Sarah Mountz, Moshoula Capous-Desyllas and Nayeli Perez
‘Not Independent Enough’: Exploring the Tension Between Independence and Interdependence among Former Youth in Foster Care who are Emerging Adults
Kim Hokanson, Kate E. Golden, Erin Singer and Stephanie Cosner Berzin
Connect: An Attachment-Based and Trauma-Informed Program for Foster Parents of Teens
Marlene M. Moretti, Katherine A. O’Donnell and Victoria Kelly
Long-Term Economic Benefit of Treatment Foster Care Oregon (TFCO) for Adolescent Females Referred to Congregate Care for Delinquency
Lisa Saldana, Mark Campbell, Leslie Leve and Patricia Chamberlain
A Longitudinal Examination of Service Utilization and Trauma Symptoms among Young Women with Prior Foster Care and Juvenile Justice System Involvement
Daschel J. Franz, Amanda M. Griffin, Lisa Saldana and Leslie D. Leve
Examining Non-response Bias in the National Youth in Transition Database
Rachel Rosenberg, Claire Kelley, Sarah Kelley and Alaina Flannigan
Transitioning from Foster Care to Independence: Lessons from Recent Research and Next Steps
Mary Elizabeth Collins