In This Issue:

Special Foreword: Twenty Years after the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 ('Chafee'): What We Know Now About Meeting the Needs of Teens and Young Adults
Cassandra Simmel and Victoria Kelly

Mentoring for Teens with Child Welfare Involvement: Permanency Outcomes from a Randomized Controlled Trial of the Fostering Healthy Futures for Teens Program
Heather N. Taussig, Kimberly Bender, Rachel Bennett, Katie Massey Combs, Orah Fireman and Robyn Wertheimer

Meeting Teens’ Needs and Preventing Unnecessary Out-of-Home Placements in Delaware
Karen Angelici, Jaime Dohn and Pamela Clarkson Freeman

From Data to Practice: The Impact of Placement with Family on Permanency and Well-Being
Jorge Cabrera, Matthew Claps, Kirk O’Brien, Yvonne H. Roberts, Whitney L. Rostad, Toni Rozanski, Stephen Shimshock and Amy Sharp Zimmermann

Early Warning Indicators of Dropping Out of School for Teens Who Experienced Foster Care
Elysia V. Clemens, Trent Lalonde, Kristin Klopfenstein and Alison Sheesley

Transition Age Youth (TAY) Needs Assessment: Feedback from TAY and Providers Regarding TAY Services, Resources, and Training
Tawny R. Spinelli, Tracey J. Riley, Nicole E. St. Jean, Jessica D. Ellis, Jonathan E. Bogard and Cassandra L. Kisiel

Speaking Back to the System: Recommendations for Practice and Policy from the Perspectives of Youth Formerly in Foster Care who are LGBTQ
Sarah Mountz, Moshoula Capous-Desyllas and Nayeli Perez

‘Not Independent Enough’: Exploring the Tension Between Independence and Interdependence among Former Youth in Foster Care who are Emerging Adults
Kim Hokanson, Kate E. Golden, Erin Singer and Stephanie Cosner Berzin

Connect: An Attachment-Based and Trauma-Informed Program for Foster Parents of Teens
Marlene M. Moretti, Katherine A. O’Donnell and Victoria Kelly

Long-Term Economic Benefit of Treatment Foster Care Oregon (TFCO) for Adolescent Females Referred to Congregate Care for Delinquency
Lisa Saldana, Mark Campbell, Leslie Leve and Patricia Chamberlain

A Longitudinal Examination of Service Utilization and Trauma Symptoms among Young Women with Prior Foster Care and Juvenile Justice System Involvement
Daschel J. Franz, Amanda M. Griffin, Lisa Saldana and Leslie D. Leve

Examining Non-response Bias in the National Youth in Transition Database
Rachel Rosenberg, Claire Kelley, Sarah Kelley and Alaina Flannigan

Transitioning from Foster Care to Independence: Lessons from Recent Research and Next Steps
Mary Elizabeth Collins

Child Welfare Journal, Vol. 97 #5, 2018 - Special Issue: Meeting the Needs of Teens & Young Adults (1 of 2)