California Youth Transitions to Adulthood Study: Responses from Youth at Age 23 - 2020

This report presents findings from the CalYOUTH Wave 4 Youth Survey. CalYOUTH (the California Youth Transitions to Adulthood Study), is an evaluation of the impact of the California Fostering Connections to Success Act on outcomes during foster youth’s transition to adulthood. CalYOUTH includes collection and analysis of information from three sources:
(1) transition-age youth,
(2) child welfare workers, and
(3) government program data.
The study, directed by Dr. Mark Courtney at the University of Chicago and conducted in collaboration with the California Department of Social Services and County Welfare Directors Association of California (CWDA), was carried out over an 8-year period from 2012–20.