Aspirations Are Not Enough: Barriers to Educational Attainment for Youth Involved with Child Welfare

• Main Authors: Christina Dimakosa (Author), Colleen Loomis (Author), Blaise O'Malley (Author), Sylvie Lamont (Author), Gurmakh Singh (Author), Janette Pelletier (Author), Brian Christens (Author), Carrie Wright (Author), Ray DeV Peters (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Foxton Books, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Children of families involved with child welfare services are considered high-risk and are vulnerable to developing problems in a number of domains. In particular, educational achievement among this population tends to be lower relative to general population peers. The goal of this qualitative study...