Left behind? Educational disadvantage, child protection, and foster care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current educational policies for children involved with the Child Protective Services (CPS) system focus largely on the minority of children currently in or aging out of foster care, and target school stability and college access.

Objective

The present study investigates the nature of secondary (high school) education performance and attainment and post-secondary (college) enrollment among youth with prior or current CPS contact and their low-income, but not CPS-contacted, peers.

Method

Following a cohort of over 63,000 high school students in Wisconsin, we use CPS investigation and placement records, and public school records to evaluate associations between CPS involvement and educational attainment.

Results

CPS-contacted youth have lower education

SUBMITTER: Font S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11537202 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature