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  • (Love Box page – The Need) Pecora, P. J., White, C. R., Jackson, L. J., & Wiggins, T. (2009). Mental health of current and former recipients of foster care: A review of recent studies in the USA. Child and Family Social Work, 14, 132–146.
  • (Love Box page – The Need) Van Der Kolk, B. (2014). The body keeps the score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma. New York, NY: Penguin Books.
  • (Love Box page – The Need) Purvis, K. B., Cross, D. R., & Sunshine, W. L. (2007). The Connected Child. New York, NY: McGraw Hill.
  • (Love Box page – The Need)  Purvis, K., Cross, D. R.,Dansereau, D. F., and Parris, S. R. (2013). Trust-based relational intervention (TBRI): A Systemic Approach to Complex Developmental Trauma. Child and Youth Services. Retrieved from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3877861/
  • (71% of young women that have been in care will become pregnant by age 21.) Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative. (2013). Toolkit: Second Edition. St. Louis: Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative.
  • (31-46% of individuals experiencing homelessness were once in care.) Dworsky, A., Napolitano, L., & Courtney, M. (2013). Homelessness during the transition from foster care to adulthood. American journal of public health, 103 Suppl 2(Suppl 2), S318–S323. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301455
  • (Only about 50% of those who age out of care will obtain a high school diploma.) Council on Foster Care, Adoption, and Kinship Care, Committee on Adolescence, & Council on Early Childhood. (2015). Pediatrics 136(4), e1131-e1140. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2015-2655
  • (97% of children in foster care will not graduate from college, despite the fact that many states provide a full-ride to any state school, and others have grants and programs available to make college more accessible.) Courtney, E. M., Dworsky, A., Brown, A., Cary, C., Love, K., & Vorhies, V. (2011). Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth: Outcomes at age 26. Chicago, IL: Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

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