Re: Runaway Youth from out-of-home care

[Kristen Shook Slack <ksslack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dennette,

Andrea Nesmith wrote a terrific dissertation on the predictors of running 
away from foster care.  I think she currently has some affiliation with the 
University of Minnesota, but I'm not sure.

-Kristi Slack

At 04:07 PM 3/12/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Does anyone know of any research available on youth who run away from 
>out-of-home care settings (foster care, relative care, residential care)? 
>What would be really helpful are any models people have used to prevent 
>runaway...........Thanks. Dennette
>
>
>
>Dennette Derezotes
>Assistant Director
>Children and Family Research Center
>School of Social Work
>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Kristen Shook Slack
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School of Social Work
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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