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Just Down the Street: Minor Sex Trafficking
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Hidden In Plain Sight: Labor Trafficking
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The sexual and reproductive health of youth in foster care
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Service needs of adolescent parents in child welfare
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A Path Analysis Predicting Contraceptive Use Among Youth Formerly in Foster Care
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Sexual Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Youth Living in Group Homes
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Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Among Youths Living in Group Care Homes
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What Works When Engaging In Real Talk With Foster Youth Around Dating and Sexual Behaviors?
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Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents in Foster Care
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Pregnancy and Childbearing Among Young Adults Who Experienced Foster Care
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Predictors of early childbirth among female adolescents in foster care
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First births to maltreated adolescent girls
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An Examination of Foster Youth Socialization to Dating and Sexual Behaviors
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Employment Outcomes of Young Parents Who Age Out of Foster Care
ReSHAPINGEmployment outcomes of young parents who age out of foster care Children and Youth Services Review, January 2017 Amy Dworsky, Elissa Gitlow Suggested Citation Dworsky, A., & Gitlow, E. (2017). Employment outcomes of young parents who age out of foster...
Sexual & Reproductive Health Services for System-Involved Youth
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Intimate partner violence and pregnant and parenting adolescents in out‐of‐home care
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”I want to be better than you’
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Extended Foster Care for Transition-Age Youth
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Human Trafficking
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“I Can Get Through This and I Will Get Through This”
ReSHAPING"I Can Get Through This and I Will Get Through This": The unfolding journey of teenage motherhood in and beyond foster care Qualitative Social Work, June 2016 Elizabeth M Aparicio, Deborah Gioia, Edward V Pecukonis Suggested Citation Aparicio, E. M. (2016)....
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Child welfare services involvement among the children of young parents in foster care
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“The love that I was missing”
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Preventing Rapid Repeat Pregnancy and Promoting Positive Parenting among Young Mothers in Foster Care
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Bricks, Mortar, & Community: The Foundations of Supportive Housing for Pregnant & Parenting Teens
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