Fostering Peace: The Impact of a Nonprofit Community-Based Organization on Young Foster Youths’ Social-Emotional Development and Pre-Academic Skills

In the United States, approximately 400,000 children reside in foster care, and most have been exposed to caregiver abuse, neglect, or abandonment. A majority of foster children suffer the effects of damaging circumstances including poverty, violence, inferior health care, and substandard housing. C...

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Main Author: Alpert, Carrie
Format: Others
Published: Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School 2015
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/189
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1269&context=etd