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  • Child Welfare and Foster Care SystemsChild Welfare and Foster Care Systems
  • Community ChangeCommunity Change
  • Early Childhood InitiativesEarly Childhood Initiatives
  • Economic Supports for FamiliesEconomic Supports for Families
  • Home Visitation and Maltreatment PreventionHome Visitation and Maltreatment Prevention
  • Longitudinal Data AnalyticsLongitudinal Data Analytics
  • Schools and School SystemsSchools and School Systems
  • Workforce DevelopmentWorkforce Development
  • Youth Crime and JusticeYouth Crime and Justice
  • Youth Development and Afterschool InitiativesYouth Development and Afterschool Initiatives

Research and Presentations by Amy Dworsky

Does Extending Foster Care beyond Age 18 Promote Postsecondary Educational Attainment?

Amy Dworsky, Mark E. Courtney
2010

Assessing the Impact of Extending Care beyond Age 18 on Homelessness: Emerging Findings from the Midwest Study

Amy Dworsky, Mark E. Courtney
2010

Extending Foster Care to Age 21: Weighing the Costs to Government against the Benefits to Youth

Clark M. Peters, Amy Dworsky, Mark E. Courtney, Harold Pollack
2009

When Should the State Cease Parenting?

Mark E. Courtney, Amy Dworsky, Harold Pollack
2007

Those Left Behind: Enduring Challenges Facing Welfare Applicants

Mark E. Courtney, Amy Dworsky
2006

Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth

Mark E. Courtney, Amy Dworsky, Jennifer Hook, Adam Brown, Colleen Cary, Kara Love, Vanessa Vorhies, JoAnn S. Lee, Melissa Raap, Gretchen Ruth Cusick, Thomas Keller, Judy Havlicek, Alfred Perez, Sherri Terao, Noel Bost
2011

An Employment Training and Job Placement Program for Foster Youth Making the Transition to Adulthood in Cook County, Illinois

Amy Dworsky and Judy Havlicek
2010

Employment Needs of Foster Youth in Illinois: Findings from the Midwest Study

Amy Dworsky and Judy Havlicek
2010

APHSA Chapin Hall National Youth in Transition Database Initiative

Amy Dworsky
2009

Pregnant and Parenting Foster Youth: Their Needs, Their Experiences

Amy Dworsky, Jan DeCoursey
2009

Extending Foster Care to Age 21: Weighing the Costs to Government against the Benefits to Youth

Clark Peters, Amy Dworsky, Mark E. Courtney, Harold Pollack
2009

Preventing Pregnancy among Youth in Foster Care: Remarks for Congressional Roundtable

Amy Dworsky
2009

Helping Former Foster Youth Graduate from College

Amy Dworsky and Alfred Perez
2009

Review of Policies and Programs Supporting Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care

Amy Dworsky and Judy Havlicek
2009

Educating Homeless Children in Chicago

Amy Dworsky
2008

Barriers to Employment among TANF Applicants and their Consequences for Self-Sufficiency

Amy Dworsky and Mark E. Courtney
2007

Child, Parent and Family Predictors of Child Welfare Services Involvement among TANF Applicant Families

Amy Dworsky, Mark E. Courtney, Andrew Zinn
2007

Early Outcomes for Young Adults Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care in the U.S.

Mark E Courtney and Amy Dworsky
2006

Findings from the Milwaukee TANF Applicant Study

Mark E. Courtney, Amy Dworsky
2006

Involvement of TANF Families with Child Welfare Services

Mark E. Courtney, Amy Dworsky, Irving Piliavin, Andrew Zinn
2005

The Economic Self-Sufficiency of Wisconsin’s Former Foster Youth

Amy Dworsky
2005

The Economic Self-Sufficiency of Wisconsin's Former Foster Youth

Amy Dworsky
2005

Residential Care in Illinois

Stephen Budde, Susan Mayer, Andrew Zinn, Melissa Lippold, Adam Avrushin, Ava Bromberg, Robert M. Goerge, Mark E. Courtney, Amy Dworsky
2004

Midwest Study of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth

Mark E. Courtney, Amy Dworsky
2010

Community Assistance Programs

Amy Dworsky, Principal Investigator
2009

Does Keeping Youth in Foster Care Beyond Age 18 Help to Prevent Homelessness?

Amy Dworsky

Educational Achievement Is Lower for Homeless Youth at All Grades

Amy Dworsky

New Illinois Law Allows Foster Youth to Reenter Care; Chapin Hall Research Informs Legislation

Amy Dworsky

Runaway and Homeless Youth: Prevalence, Programs, and Policy

Amy Dworsky
April 8, 2010

Extending Foster Care to Age 21: Benefits, Costs, and Opportunities for States

Amy Dworsky
July 15, 2009
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