The Association Between Foster Care and Substance Abuse Risk Factors and Treatment Outcomes: An Exploratory Secondary Analysis

REFERENCES

• American Public Human Services Association . ( 2001 ). Connecting child protective services and substance abuse treatment in communities: A resource guide . Washington , DC : Author .
   Google Scholar
• Casey Family Programs. (n.d.) . Assessing the effects of foster care: Mental health outcomes from the Casey National Alumni Study . Retrieved May 20, 2006, from http://www.casey.org/NR/rdonlyres/CEFBB1B6-7ED1-440D-925A-E5BAF602294D/303/casey_natl_alumni_study_mental_health.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Cash , S. , & Wilke , D. ( 2003 ). An ecological model of maternal substance abuse and child neglect: Issues, analyses, and recommendations . American Journal of Orthopsychiatry , 73 ( 4 ), 392 – 404 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Child Welfare League of America . ( 2001 ) . Alcohol, and other drugs, and child welfare . Washington , DC : Author .
   Google Scholar
• Choca , M. , Minoff , J. , Angene , L. , Byrnes , M. , Kenneally , L. , Norris , D. , et al. ( 2004 ). Can't do it alone: Housing collaborations to improve foster youth outcomes . Child Welfare , 83 ( 5 ), 469 – 492 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Coleman , M. ( 2004 ) . Children left behind: The educational status and needs of youth living in foster care in Ohio . Cincinnati , OH : KnowledgeWorks Foundation .
   Google Scholar
• Collins , M. ( 2001 ). Transition to adulthood for vulnerable youths: A review of research and implications for policy . The Social Service Review , 75 ( 2 ), 271 – 291 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Courtney , M. , & Dworsky , A. ( 2005 ). Midwest evaluation of the adult functioning of former foster youth: Outcomes at age 19 . Chicago , IL : Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago .
   Google Scholar
• Courtney , M. , Terao , S. , & Bost , N. ( 2004 ). Midwest evaluation of the adult functioning of former foster youth: Conditions of youth preparing to leave state care . Chicago , IL : Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago .
   Google Scholar
• Dore , M. , & Doris , J. ( 1998 ). Preventing child placement in substance-abusing families: Research-informed practice . Child Welfare , 77 ( 4 ), 407 – 426 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dube , S. , Felitti , V. , Dong , M. , Chapman , D. , Giles , W. , & Anda , R. ( 2003 ). Childhood abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction and the risk of illicit drug use: The adverse childhood experiences study . Pediatrics , 111 ( 3 ), 564 – 572 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Geenen , S. , & Powers , L. ( 2006 ). Are we ignoring youths with disabilities in foster care? An examination of their school performance . Social Work , 51 ( 3 ), 233 – 241 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• General Accounting Office . ( 1997 ) . Testimony: Parental substance abuse: Implications for children, the child welfare system, and foster care outcomes (GAO/T-HEHS-98–40) . Washington , DC : Author .
   Google Scholar
• General Accounting Office . ( 1999 ). Foster care: Effectiveness of independent living services unknown (GAO.HEHA-00-13) . Washington , DC : Author .
   Google Scholar
• George , R. , Bilaver , L. , Lee , B. , Needell , B. , Brookhart , A. , & Jackman , W. ( 2002 ). Employment outcomes for youth aging out of foster care—Final report . Chicago , IL : Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago .
   Google Scholar
• Gil , A. , Vega , W. , & Turner , J. (2002). Early and mid-adolescents risk factors for later substance abuse by African Americans and European Americans. Public Health Reports , 117, S15–S29.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gitelson , I. , & McDermott , D. ( 2006 ). Parents and their young adult children: Transitions to adulthood . Child Welfare , 85 ( 5 ), 853 – 866 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gregoire , K. , & Schultz , D. ( 2001 ). Substance-abusing child welfare parents: Treatment and child placement outcomes . Child Welfare , 80 ( 4 ), 433 – 452 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Health and Human Services . ( 1999 ). Blending perspectives and building common ground: A report to Congress on substance abuse and child protection . Washington , DC : Author .
   Google Scholar
• Hohman , M. , & Butt , R. ( 2001 ). How soon is too soon? Addiction recovery and family reunification . Child Welfare , 80 ( 1 ), 53 – 67 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hussey , D. , & Guo , S. ( 2005 ). Characteristics and trajectories of treatment foster care youth . Child Welfare , 84 ( 4 ), 485 – 506 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kohlenberg , E. , Nordlund , D. , Lowin , A. , & Treichler , B. ( 2002 ). Alcohol and substance use among adolescents in foster care in Washington State: Results from the 1998–1999 adolescent foster care survey . Olympia , WA : Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Research and Data Analysis Division .
   Google Scholar
• McAlpine , C. , Marshall , C. , & Doran , N. ( 2001 ). Combining child welfare and substance abuse services: A blended model of intervention . Child Welfare , 80 ( 2 ), 129 – 149 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Merdiner , J. , Hines , A. , Osterling , K. , & Wyatt , P. ( 2005 ). Pathways to college for former foster youth: Understanding factors that contribute to educational success . Child Welfare , 84 ( 6 ), 867 – 896 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• National Survey on Drug Use and Health . ( 2005 ) . Substance use and need for treatment among youths who have been in foster care—February 18, 2005 . Washington , DC : SAMHSA .
   Google Scholar
• Roman , N. , & Wolfe , P. ( 1997 ). The relationship between foster care and homelessness . Public Welfare , 55 ( 1 ), 4 – 9 .
   Google Scholar
• Rosenbach , M. ( 2001 ). Children in foster care: Challenges in meeting their health care needs through Medicaid . Princeton , NJ : Mathematica Policy Research, Inc .
   Google Scholar
• Semidei , J. , Radel , L. , & Nolan , C. ( 2001 ). Substance abuse and child welfare: Clear linkages and promising responses . Child Welfare , 80 ( 2 ), 109 – 128 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shin , S. ( 2004 ). Developmental outcomes of vulnerable youth in the child welfare system . Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment , 9 , 39 – 56 .
   Google Scholar
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration . ( 2003 ) . Alcohol and drug services study (ADSS): Methodology report: Phases I, II and II . Rockville , MD : Office of Applied Studies .
   Google Scholar
• Thompson , R. , & Auslander , W. ( 2007 ). Risk factors for alcohol and marijuana use among adolescents in foster care . Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , 32 , 61 – 69 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• United States Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies . ( 2002 ) . Alcohol and drug services study, 1996–1999: United States, computer file . Washington , DC : Author .
   Google Scholar
• Walters , A. (2006, January 6). College often beyond a foster child's reach. The Chronicle of Higher Education , p. A37.
   Google Scholar
• Wertheimer , R. ( 2002, December ). Youth who “age out” of foster care: Troubled lives, troubling prospects . Child Trends Research Brief (Publication #2002–59). Washington, DC: Child Trends Organization .
   Google Scholar