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	Foster Youth Transitions to Adulthood

General Information

Evaluator(s)	Institute for Research on Poverty
Investigator(s)	Mark Courtney (Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago) Irving Piliavin (Institute for Research on Poverty)
Sponsor(s)	Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Division of Children and Family Services
Funder(s)	Not applicable
Consultant(s)	Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Subcontractor(s)	Not applicable

Domain	Child/Family
Status	Completed with continuing analysis
Duration	Jun 1995 - May 2000
Type	Research and/or Program Evaluation
Goal	The Foster Youth Transitions to Adulthood Study (FYTA) is a project intended to explore the experiences and adjustment of young adults after they have been discharged from out-of-home care in Wisconsin.
Program/Policy Description	N/A
Notes	No notes reported.

Last Updated	06/13/02
Type of Summary	Reviewed
External Reviewer(s)	Mark Courtney (Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago)
Contact(s)	Mark Courtney Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago 1313 East 60th Street (T) (773) 256-5162 (F) (773)753-5940
Publications Department	Not Reported
Submitter(s)	Research Forum Staff (info@researchforum.org) National Center for Children In Poverty 215 West 125th St, 3rd Fl (T) (646)284-9600 (F) not reported

Populations Studied

Target Population	Adolescents
Subgroups Analyzed	Children 7-18 Children in Foster Care
Sample Size and Unit	Wave 1: 141 youth in foster care Wave 2: 113 of the youth interviewed in wave 1; exited foster care at this time; Wave 3: 102 or 70% of original sample

Sites Studied

Wisconsin

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