Posts Tagged ‘ Foster Care Research ’

January 23, 2013 - Researcher Pamela Parker is looking for foster care youth alumni to participate in dissertation research. If you are 18 years and older, a former foster youth, and either graduated or dropped out of college, please go to www.formerfosteryouthsurveys.com and take 2 short surveys.  As an incentive, once you complete the surveys you can choose which organization you would like the researcher to donate $5 to. Flyer HERE. Questions?  Contact Pamela Parker...Read more »

April 18, 2012 - J. Ash Bowie, a psychology graduate student at the Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, is currently seeking research participants for her doctoral dissertation.  Her study will look at the long-term impact of foster care on adult romantic relationships. Participants will be adult men and women between the ages of 18 and 26 who have had any past experience as a foster child. READ MORE.Read more »

September 27, 2011 - A new report from the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative (2011 ), The Adolescent Brain: New Research and Its Implications for Young People Transitioning from Foster Care, reveals new neurological science data that can inform best practices in preparing youth to transition from foster care to independence. NRCPFC has compiled APPLA and Permanency for Older Adolescents (2005-2011), an annotated list of resources on the topics of 1) older adolescent permanency and...Read more »

June 21, 2011 - Professor Jill Duerr Berrick at the University of California, Berkeley, is currently conducting research on exemplary foster care. This research will culminate in a book she is writing to provide practical advice and guidance for families wanting to nurture foster children in loving homes. The most valuable information for this purpose is provided by former foster youth. Dr. Berrick is looking for young adults who will share their positive experiences in foster care by...Read more »

October 19, 2010 - The Foster Care Work Group (FCWG) one of three workgroups of the Youth Transition Funders Group, and The Finance Project are pleased to announce the publication of several new briefs and tools to support efforts to ensure youth transitioning out of foster care are “Connected by 25.” · Ensuring Youth Transitioning From Foster Care Are “Connected by 25:” Lessons...Read more »

October 14, 2010 - FYA board member and UC Berkeley professor Jill Duerr Berrick and her colleague Colleen Henry are conducting a study on Excellence in Foster Care, and are seeking former foster youth ages 18 and up who would be willing to share their positive experiences in foster care in a confidential 90-minute focus group. Participants will receive a $20 gift card to Target to thank them for their time. Click here for a flyer...Read more »