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Transitional Aged Foster Youth: Trauma, Housing and Resources

1Richter Fellow, Founder of Hannah’s Home, Los Angeles, USA

2Director, Public Administration, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, USA


World Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities. 2022, Vol. 8 No. 1, 32-39
DOI: 10.12691/wjssh-8-1-5
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Marla Foster-Morgan, Kimberley Garth-James. Transitional Aged Foster Youth: Trauma, Housing and Resources. World Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities. 2022; 8(1):32-39. doi: 10.12691/wjssh-8-1-5.

Correspondence to: Kimberley  Garth-James, Director, Public Administration, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, USA. Email: kjames@apu.edu

Abstract

While state-run foster care organizations continue to provide services for children needing help, there is still the problem of successful independent living for Transitional Aged Foster Youth (TAFY). This is a qualitative study examining the empirical research of factors impacting foster youth living independently. Thirteen structured interviews using resilience theory, and the primary author’s experiences in the state foster care system, helped clarify the study findings. Several resilience factors such as housing, trauma resources and spiritual connections are worth consideration by public policy makers in their analysis of investments in improved independent living outcomes for TAFY.

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