Permanency for Older Youth

The number of youth who age out of foster care has risen steadily over the past decade, even in the wake of increased efforts to achieve permanence for all children in foster care. For far too many youth, aging out of care results in homelessness, work instability, and a lack of stable, loving relationships with adults. Below are some resources on practice and policy issues that support effective permanency planning and decision making with adolescents in foster care.

• Older Adolescent Permanency and APPLA (pdf)
• Family Finding: Lighting the Fire of Urgency
• Preventing Homelessness Through Relationships
• It’s Time to Make Older Child Adoption A Reality (pdf)
• Families for Teens: Asking Key Questions (pdf)
• Promising Practices for Assuring Permanency for Teens (pdf)
• Mama S and Papa M: Making  APPLAs Work for Youth (pdf)
• Never Too Old: Achieving Permanency and Sustaining Connections
• Flux: Life After Foster Care
• Jim Casey Youth Opportunities: Initiative for  Young People Aging Out of Care
  

Last modified: September 30, 2011

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