Press

  • February 2008-- New Book Finds that Economic Changes  Play a Small Role in “Failure to Launch” among Young Adults [read press release]

  • Foster Care System is Failing Many YoungPeople as They Make the Transition into Adulthood. [read press release]

  • Community-based Programs Can Help Homeless Youth Make the “Perilous Passage” to Adulthood. [read press release]

  • Justice System is Failing Many Young Adults as They Leave Juvenile Detention or Prison. [read press release]

  • Stronger Societal Response Needed to Assist Young People with Mental Health Problems as They Move into Adulthood. [read press release]

  • Jean E. Rhodes named Distinguished Fellows by the William T. Grant Foundation. [read press release]
     
  • “The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced a grant of $5.2 million over four years to the University of Pennsylvania in support of the Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood, which is examining the new challenges facing young people, ages 18 to 34, as they make the transition to become self-sufficient adults….” [read press release]