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Evaluating Housing Programs for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care

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  • Robin Dion
  • Amy Dworsky

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The brief focuses on the importance of evaluating housing programs for this population, the barriers to evaluating them, and how the field can move forward to build the evidence base in this area.

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  • Robin Dion & Amy Dworsky, "undated". "Evaluating Housing Programs for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 08ce777199864f8a93fae257d, Mathematica Policy Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:mpr:mprres:08ce777199864f8a93fae257dee20388
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    1. M. Robin Dion & Rebecca Kleinman & Jackie Kauff & Amy Dworsky, "undated". "The Family Unification Program: A Housing Resource for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 9b9cab801bc94eca9e46d058a, Mathematica Policy Research.
    2. Amy Dworsky & Keri-Nicole Dillman & M. Robin Dion & Brandon Coffee-Borden & Miriam Rosenau, 2012. "Housing for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care: A Review of the Literature and Program Typology," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 99170b3efe3c4d9091a187b17, Mathematica Policy Research.
    3. Dworsky, A. & Napolitano, L. & Courtney, M., 2013. "Homelessness during the transition from foster care to adulthood," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 103(S2), pages 318-323.
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