COEP Replication Package for "States of Opportunity for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care"

Replication package for "States of Opportunity for Youth Aging out of Foster Care."<br><br><span>Over 20,000 youth age out of foster care each
year in the United States facing various hardships. Research demonstrates that
extended foster care beneficially impacts youth aging out of care; however, it
is less clear which states assist these youth. This descriptive paper explores
which states effectively assist foster youth aging out of care. I use the
National Youth in Transition Database and a two-step regression-adjusted
approach to determine state effectiveness across a variety of outcomes,
including college enrollment, employment, disconnectedness, homelessness,
incarceration, substance abuse, and parenthood. I find considerable variation
in state effectiveness depending on the outcome.<br></span><br><span>The data that support the findings of this study are
available from the National <span>Data Archive on Child
Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN).
Restrictions apply to the availability of these data, which were used under
license for this study. </span></span><span>The
Administration on Children, Youth and Families, the Children's Bureau, the
original dataset collection personnel or funding source, NDACAN, Cornell
University and their agents or employees bear no responsibility for the
analyses or interpretations presented here.<br></span>