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The document summarizes national research, including effects during emancipation-related transitions such as employment, housing stability, and reduced criminal justice involvement, alongside cost-benefit estimates for mentoring programs. Field studies from programs like Fostering Healthy Futures, CASA, Middle School Success, and My Life highlight measurable reductions in symptoms and placements, greater permanency, and improved transition planning. The Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 2021 is outlined as funding and training support to strengthen mentor recruitment, screening, youth participation, peer mentoring, and system coordination.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":35,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/healthcare/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/mentoring-foster-youth-research-findings-program-examples-and-opportunities/585609/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/mentoring-foster-youth-research-findings-program-examples-and-opportunities/585609.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Alex Sinclair","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-22","2026-10-15",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":8},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What outcomes does mentoring have for youth in foster care?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"Research synthesis reports positive impacts across mental health, educational functioning and attainment, peer relationships, placement outcomes, and life satisfaction.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How does mentoring during emancipation affect transition-related results?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"More recent research indicates mentoring at emancipation supports employment and housing stability and helps reduce involvement with the criminal justice system.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What does the Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 2021 provide?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"The bill authorizes funding to expand mentoring programs, supports mentor recruitment and screening, provides intensive volunteer training, includes youth voice in program design, funds peer mentoring, and emphasizes best practices and coordination with child welfare systems.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},585609,1792665661,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":34,"category_name":35,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":8,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":14,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":24},1099523882182,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_6f874abed73319feea01a86fa6f0fab8","The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that there are over 400,000 children currently in foster care in the United States. Most youth are in the system for at least a year, with 38% for two years or longer. The most common placement setting for children in foster care is nonrelative foster family homes; about half of youth exit the system end up reunited with their caregivers, while another quarter are adopted.  \nUnfortunately, as a result of the many challenges that can come with unstable and impermanent housing, disruptions in education, and a lack of strong relationships with adults, only 50% of youth in foster care complete high school by the time they are 18 years old, and only 20% enroll in higher education upon graduation.  \nStudies have shown that mentoring services for foster youth are effective intervention strategies that have a positive impact on a wide range of factors. This document discusses these findings, provides examples of successful program models from across the country, and discusses opportunities to support youth with experience in foster care through mentoring.  \nRESEARCH FINDINGS  \n• A 2017 research synthesis of over 30 studies on mentoring youth in foster care concluded that mentoring relationships can have a positive impact on a range of factors, including mental health, educational functioning and attainment, peer relationships, placement outcomes, and life satisfaction.  \n• More recent research has demonstrated that mentoring at the time of emancipation can have a positive impact on several transition-related outcomes, such as employment and housing stability and avoidance of involvement with the criminal justice system .  \n• One study funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) of a transition-age program found that these mentoring programs potentially provide a benefit of three times the public expenditure, for every day in jail that program participants avoid.  \n• MENTOR’s national program survey in 2017 estimated that mentoring services for youth in foster care are at least twice as expensive as those of a typical community-based program . With the average cost-per-youth served for a typical mentoring program estimated to be $1,695, the cost-per-youth in a program that primarily serves foster youth can be over $3,400 .  \nSTUDIES FROM THE FIELD  \n• Multiple studies of the Fostering Healthy Futures program for middle school-aged youth placed into foster care in Denver, Colorado, found:  \no The program had a significant impact in reducing mental health symptoms, especially symptoms associated with trauma, anxiety, and depression as well as mental health service utilization 6-19 months after participation in the program  \no Participating youth were 71% less likely to be placed in residential treatment  \no For those living in nonrelative care when entering the program, they experienced 44% fewer placement changes, were 82% less likely to be placed in residential treatment, and were 5 times more likely to have attained permanency one year after participating in the program  \no The program produced positive impacts on reunification and rates of adoption for participating youth  \no A version of the program serving high school-age youth found that intervention youth had 7 times the odds of attaining permanency at long-term follow up  \n• A study on the Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program suggests that youth paired with a CASA volunteer experience fewer placement changes, less time in care, greater likelihood of achieving permanency, greater access to services and resources, and more support through adult relationships.  \n• The Middle School Success intervention for girls in foster care found:  \no The program significantly reduced participant’s substance misuse three years after first entering the program  \no The program significantly reduced the number of placements for participants  \n• The My Life program, focused on transition-age youth ","cbCaicQIXJcqc7s6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicQIXJcqc7s6","pdf",303583,"English","# Research Findings\n## Studies From the Field\n## Opportunities","[{\"question\":\"What outcomes does mentoring have for youth in foster care?\",\"answer\":\"Research synthesis reports positive impacts across mental health, educational functioning and attainment, peer relationships, placement outcomes, and life satisfaction.\"},{\"question\":\"How does mentoring during emancipation affect transition-related results?\",\"answer\":\"More recent research indicates mentoring at emancipation supports employment and housing stability and helps reduce involvement with the criminal justice system.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 2021 provide?\",\"answer\":\"The bill authorizes funding to expand mentoring programs, supports mentor recruitment and screening, provides intensive volunteer training, includes youth voice in program design, funds peer mentoring, and emphasizes best practices and coordination with child welfare systems.\"}]","Mentoring Foster Youth: Research Findings, Program Examples, and Opportunities | PDF",1792055281]