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On Your Own Without a Net: The Transition to Adulthood for Vulnerable Populations Read the Reiews
Click here for table of contents, chapter summaries, and ordering information Order from: The University of Chicago Press.
In the decade after high school, young people continue to rely on their
families in many ways—sometimes for financial support, sometimes
for help with child care, and sometimes for continued shelter. But what
about those young people who confront special difficulties during this
period, many of whom can count on little help from their families? On
Your Own Without a Net documents
the special challenges facing seven
vulnerable populations during the transition
to adulthood: foster care youth, youth
involved in the juvenile justice system,
youth formerly in the criminal justice
system, runaway and homeless youth,
special education students, young people
in the mental health system, and youth
with physical disabilities. During
adolescence, government programs have
been a major part of their lives, yet
eligibility for most programs typically
ends between the ages of eighteen and
twenty-one. This critical volume shows
the unfortunate repercussions of this
termination of support and points out
the issues that must be addressed to
improve these young people’s
chances of becoming successful adults.
As a result, On Your Own Without
a Net will find a welcome home
on the desks of policy makers, educators
of teens and young adults, and academics
across the social sciences. —Ron Haskins, Brookings Institution “ On Your Own Without a Net picks up where The Forgotten Half left off in the 1980s. This volume has been produced to warn policymakers and academics that the increasingly prolonged transition to adulthood presents special challenges to many socially excluded young people. It goes beyond the rhetoric of greater ‘freedom of self-determination’ to alert opinion leaders that millions of young Americans need support, guidance, and assistance in becoming productive, contributing members of society.” —James Côté, University of Western Ontario “On Your Own Without a Net brings to light those many issues facing vulnerable youths as they transition to adulthood. The contributors to this ambitious and important volume focus specifically on those youths that have come in contact with mental health, juvenile justice, criminal, foster care, and special educational systems. It reflects a very innovative and interesting approach to linking research with policy and practice.” —Jane Knitzer, National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University Click here for table of contents, chapter summaries, and ordering information
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Edited by D. Wayne Osgood, E. Michael Foster, Constance Flanagan,
and Gretchen R. Ruth.