The Urban Institute’s Child Welfare Research Program has published two new reports on aging out youth and child care vouchers.
“Coming of Age: Employment Outcomes for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care Through Their Middle Twenties” recommends that in some cases services to youth aging out of foster care extend beyond those reaching age 18 or even 21. Among the observations “at age 24, youth who age out of foster care do not fare well on a variety of employment outcomes. Compared to youth nationally and even youth from low-income families, they are less likely to be employed or employed regularly, and, not surprisingly, they earn very little.” To read the full report click here.
The second report “Child Care Voucher Programs: Provider Experiences in Five Counties” suggests numerous policy strategies to help the voucher system better meet the needs of providers so that they can meet the needs of families. According to the report, the policy recommendations can be grouped into strategies to ensure payment levels similar to what providers charge private-paying parents, to minimize revenue losses arising from changes in family eligibility or authorization status, to improve payment timing, to make it easier to work with voucher agencies, and to help providers deliver extra supports to subsidized parents and children. To read the full report click here.
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