Employment and Youth with Foster Care Experience: Understanding Barriers and Supporting Success

Autor/inn/en	Fung, Sara; Haspel, Jessica; Kniffen, Susanna; Wondra, Danielle
Institution	Children Now
Titel	Employment and Youth with Foster Care Experience: Understanding Barriers and Supporting Success
Quelle	(2022), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Youth; Foster Care; Barriers; Career Readiness; Job Training; Wages; Living Standards; Data; Employment Patterns; Federal Programs; Adult Education; Adult Literacy; Labor Legislation; Federal Legislation; Labor Force Development; Youth Employment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Pflegehilfe; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Wage; Löhne; Lebensstandard; Daten; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Labor law; Arbeitsrecht; Bundesrecht; Arbeitskräftebestand; Youth work; Jugendarbeit
Abstract	Employment is foundational to young people's successful transition into adulthood, yet many youth with lived experience in the foster care system struggle to obtain employment that provides a living wage. Youth with foster care experience typically do not have the same contacts and connections to employment opportunities as youth who have not been in foster care and cannot rely on the economic support of their family. In addition, transition age youth currently or formerly in foster care are more likely to be unemployed than their peers, and when employed, they typically earn less than their peers. Therefore, transition age youth with foster care experience need additional supports and resources to secure and maintain employment during their transition into adulthood. In this report, the authors highlight recent data on employment for youth with foster care experience. They identify ongoing challenges that youth with foster care experience face in participating in workforce readiness training, and finding and maintaining employment that pays a living wage. Additionally, they highlight a few existing supports for current and former foster youth. Finally, they provide policy recommendations and perspectives from youth to help their peers overcome these challenges and thrive in their careers. [Additional support for this report was provided by additional Maya Kamath, Nima Rahni, and Ted Lempert.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01