$350,000 grant awarded to UC Riverside researcher to study foster youth

Teens who age out of foster care at 18 face independence with gaps in their education, no job skills and little emotional support. Half report periods of incarceration and homelessness while transitioning from foster care to adulthood, says Tuppett Yates, associate professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside. A five-year, $350,000 grant from the William T. Grant Foundation will enable Yates to continue research on how youth emerging from foster care navigate young adulthood. Read more