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- Title
Predictors of Secondary Completion Among Homeless Youth in Three U.S. Cities and the Potential Application of National Policies.
- Authors
Hatch, Elizabeth; Villagrana, Kalah; Wu, Qi; Lawler, Siobhan; Ferguson, Kristin
- Abstract
Purpose: Secondary education completion rates (i.e., high school diploma or General Education Development [GED]) among homeless youth (HY) are low in comparison with their housed peers. Method: Secondary data with a sample of 429 HY was used from a 3-city study using quantitative retrospective interviews with a purposive sample of601 HY collected from 2010 to 2011 in social service organizations across three U.S. cities (Denver, CO, n = 201; Los Angeles, CA, n = 200; and Austin, TX,, n = 200). This study examines risk and resilience factors (i.e., demographics, childhood trauma, transience, mental health diagnosis, incarceration history, employment, and resilience) associated with the completion of secondary education among HY using logistic regression. Results: Secondary completion was positively associated with identifying as female, formal employment, a sense of equanimity, and experiences of childhood emotional abuse. In contrast, secondary completion was negatively associated with a history of incarceration as well as experiences of childhood physical neglect and emotional neglect. Discussion: Recommendations are made for strengthening educational institutions' capacity to provide the comprehensive support services for HY to minimize risk factors and enhance protective factors. Similarly, the authors highlight how cross-sector collaboration, such as those approaches supported through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and the McKinney-Vento Homelessness Assistance Act, can be leveraged to minimize significant risk factors and promote resilience factors associated with secondary completion.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PSYCHOLOGICAL abuse; ADVERSE childhood experiences; HIGH schools; HUMAN rights; CORRECTIONAL institutions; SOCIAL support; CHILD abuse; ASSAULT &; battery; QUANTITATIVE research; RETROSPECTIVE studies; INTERVIEWING; ACADEMIC achievement; SEX distribution; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; GOVERNMENT policy; EMPLOYMENT; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; HOMELESS persons; METROPOLITAN areas; JUDGMENT sampling; LOGISTIC regression analysis; SECONDARY analysis; PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience; ADOLESCENCE
- Publication
Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 2022, Vol 39, Issue 3, p347
- ISSN
0738-0151
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10560-022-00826-8