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Locating and Engaging Youth After They Leave Foster Care

1. The youth who took the longest time to locate were more likely to have been all of the following, except:

A. Homeless

B. Incarcerated

C. Insured

D. All of the above are more likely


2. Youth in foster care are fairly realistic about who will always know where they are or how to reach them by having a solid concept of what their lives will be like after leaving care and can therefore recognize who they are likely to be in touch with.

A. True

B. False


3. Which of the following proved to be the most useful for locating youth?

A. The Department of Motor Vehicles

B. Court record information on relatives

C. Independent living coordinators

D. DCFS transitional housing


4. The largest portion of youths were found in which of the following locations?

A. Still living in care.

B. Living with family.

C. Living independently.

D. Living in a non-relative former foster home.


5. Database searches on relatives prove very helpful in finding the relatives who then know the location of the youth.

A. True

B. False


6. Youth commonly participate in which of the following government services, making government databases an important opportunity to locate youth formerly in foster care?

A. Food stamps

B. Section 8 housing

C. SSI

D. All of the above


7. Which of the following do the highest percentage of youth stay in contact with at least once per month after leaving foster care?

A. Biological mother

B. Biological father

C. A sibling

D. A grandparent


8. Once youth leave care, it can prove difficult to find them if a process has not been planned.  Planning will help:

A. Ensure useful information is acquired from the youth before they leave care.

B. Establish procedures for accessing files and records.

C. Obtain consent from the youth for accessing other administrative data.

D. All of the above.


9. In addition to collecting contact information from the youth and gaining their consent to use that information to locate them in the future, it is important to obtain their consent to contact other agencies and access records that might prove helpful in finding them.

A. True

B. False


10. It is important that toll-free lines, e-mail addresses, or social networking pages be monitored and timely responses provided, as failure to do so will create or exacerbate mistrust.

A. True

B. False


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