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Explore OPRE's report on Education and Training Vouchers (ETVs) for young adults in foster care.

Explore OPRE's fact sheets for 10 states on Education and Training Vouchers (ETVs) for young adults in foster care.

Explore this examination of the Family Unification Program for Youth, to understand how to support housing needs of youth transitioning out of foster care.

Explore OPRE's brief on employment programs for youth transitioning out of foster care.

Explore findings from a brief on addressing the needs of young parents in foster care.

Explore insights from a national scan of supportive housing programs for young people formerly in foster care.

Explore how employment programs can support young people transitioning out of foster care.

Economic trends have made postsecondary education increasingly important to self-sufficiency, but research suggests that far too many young people in foster care will not have the educational credentials needed to succeed in this economy without additional supports. Specifically, young people in foster care enroll in college at lower rates than their peers and are less likely to persist through the end of their first year when they do enroll...

For many decades, child welfare agencies—with few exceptions—only served children. State responsibility for the safety and well-being of children in foster care ended at age 18 (or 19, at the state’s discretion, in the case of youth completing high school). But in the past 10 years, many states have extended foster care eligibility to age 21, and some provide supportive services through age 23...

For many decades, child welfare agencies, with few exceptions, only served children. State responsibility for the safety and well-being of youth in foster care ended at age 18 (or 19, at the state’s discretion, in the case of youth who were completing high school). In 2008, the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act amended Title IV-E of the Social Security Act by giving states the option to extend the age of eligibility...