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The purpose of the article is to describe and problematise the practice initiated idea of developing a digital tool for children in child welfare investigations and whether and how this welfare technology is useful for social workers. The results include interview data and descriptions of the research process. The social workers are of the opinion that the digital application increases the possibilities for children’s participation in child investigations, even though their main focus is to create an alliance with the parents. During the research process the digital tool…
Child welfare service providers in the United States are increasingly acknowledging the importance of engaging youth with foster care experience in case planning, policy advocacy, and practice change. However, evidence for how to do this well is still quite limited. This study aims to answer two research questions: a) How do youth and staff/professionals define/conceptualize authentic youth engagement (AYE)? and b) What are youths’ and staff/professionals’ recommended strategies for authentically engaging youth? Thirty stakeholder interviews (15 youth, 15 staff/professionals) and 81 surveys (…
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Youth with experience in foster care encounter complex institutionalized power and oppression relations in the foster care system. When youth emancipate out of the foster care system, they often do not experience the freedom or agency that the notion of emancipation implies. Such power and oppression relations can be further manifested in research processes and practice. This paper discusses how research related to youth with experience in foster care can be conducted in an emancipatory manner with researchers actively supporting the liberation of youth with experience in foster…
Youth Thrive believes that all young people should be valued, loved, and supported to reach their goals. To achieve this, Youth Thrive works with youth-serving systems, organizations, and partners to change policies, programs, and practices so that they build on what is known about adolescent development, value young people’s perspectives, and give youth opportunities to succeed.
For the past decade, the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) has focused on addressing what happens to youth who are the most marginalized by society, specifically those who are involved in the child…
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Child welfare service providers in the United States are increasingly acknowledging the importance of engaging youth with foster care experience in case planning, policy advocacy, and practice change. However, evidence for how to do this well is still quite limited. This study aims to answer two research questions: a) How do youth and staff/professionals define/conceptualize authentic youth engagement (AYE)? and b) What are youths’ and staff/professionals’ recommended strategies for authentically engaging youth? Thirty stakeholder interviews (15 youth, 15 staff/professionals) and…
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Foster youth participation in their transitional independent living plan (TILP) development is a legally mandated process. Youths’ active involvement in these decision-making processes is recognized as a potential protective factor during their transition from care to independent adulthood. Despite this, little empirical research has examined predictors of youth participation. This study uses a representative sample of [STATE] foster youth (n = 727) to investigate youth-level and county-level predictors of youths’ roles in their TILP development and satisfaction with…
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A growing body of research has begun to explore youth’s experiences of moving multiple placements in foster care and the impact of these transitions that lasts into adulthood. However, knowledge remains extremely limited regarding foster youth/alumni’s recommendations for improving the process of placement moves. This qualitative research study examined foster care alumni’s advice for youth in care, caregivers, and child welfare caseworkers on how to best handle placements moves. Results indicated that participants had a number of recommendations to help mitigate the emotional…
This guide from the Annie E. Casey Foundation in the United States explores authentic youth engagement, including how it benefits young people, why it works and what it looks like in real life. The guide outlines the approach of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, which works to ensure that young people — ages 14 to 26 in the United States who have spent at least one day in foster care after their 14th birthday — have the resources, relationships and opportunities to achieve well-being and success.
The guide reviews:
- The four components of authentic youth…
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to synthesize and share the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative’s approach to youth engagement. The study’s findings communicate how authentically engaging youth can help both the Jim Casey Initiative and youth-serving systems achieve their desired results.
Research Questions
The study’s ultimate goal is to develop an understanding of how authentic youth engagement occurs and operates as part of the work in Jim Casey Initiative sites. More specifically, this study answers six questions, which are outlined in the Results section below.…
CCAI’s Foster Youth Internship Program® (FYI) is a highly esteemed congressional internship for young adults who have spent their formative years in U.S. foster care. Since 2003, the FYI Program has provided the Foster Youth Interns the opportunity to intern in a congressional office on Capitol Hill — both exposing the FYIs to the policymaking process as well as raising awareness to federal policymakers about the needs and unique perspectives of those who have spent time in foster care.
The FYI Program also offers the creative and talented Foster Youth Interns the opportunity to use their…