aging out of foster care - information from the Chapin Hall Summary

[Barbara White Stack <bwhitestack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Preview Screening and Public Policy Forum - Aging Out of Foster Care, March
9, 2005 Last chance to register for the preview screening and public policy
forum on "Aging Out," a new PBS documentary airing on WTTW in May. Forum
participants include Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Director Bryan Samuels, Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Children
and Youth Services Mary Ellen Caron, Chapin Hall Director and child welfare
services researcher Mark Courtney, and others. Co-sponsored by WTTW, The Art
Institute of Chicago, Region V Administration for Children and Families, and
the Chicago Department of Children and Youth Services. Event is free of
charge but advance online registration is required. Made possible in part by
a grant from the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative to WTTW.


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Adolescence and the Transition to Adulthood - Conference Summary The
transition from adolescence to adulthood is often a tumultuous time for a
young person, but it is especially difficult for vulnerable youth - those in
foster care, those with health or mental health issues, and those in the
juvenile justice or adult correctional systems. The social institutions that
support these young adults change considerably. Their support networks of
family and kin may be severely strained, or their health or mental health
may create barriers to a smooth transition. This summary from Chapin Hall's
November 2004 conference,co-sponsored by the MacArthur Research Network on
Transitions to Adulthood and Public Policy, synthesizes the research
presented and the discussions on program and policy implications of this
research. Topics include education, workforce development, civic engagement,
and specific issues facing several at-risk populations.