YAFC Research Project

Students involved in the Child Welfare Training Project assisted PhD Candidate, Tonia Stott, in interviewing young adults who had recently aged out of foster care about their well-being and experiences in foster care.  This project was funded by a NIDA R36 Dissertation Grant.   

Placement instability while in foster care was found to be a small, but none-the-less statistically significant predictor of substance use, depression, network orientation, and connectedness in young adulthood.  Click on the link below to view the results 

The Well-Being and Risk Behaviors of Young Adults from Foster Care

For a summary of the Well-Being of Arizona's Young Adults from foster care and to learn what AZ can do to improve these outcomes, click on the Children's Caucus Presentation below. 

Children's Caucus Presentation