Sexual Minority Youth are Over-represented and Have Worse Outcomes in the Child Welfare System
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Date
2019
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Russell, Stephen T.
Baams, Laura
Fish, Jessica N.
Wilson, Bianca D.M.
Wojciak, Armeda Stevenson
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University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center
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This brief, from PRC faculty research associate Stephen T. Russell and colleagues, reports on a study using nationally representative data to show that the over-representation of sexual minority youth in child welfare systems is a national phenomenon. This brief also reports on a companion study which finds that sexual minority youth in foster care or out-of-home placement experience more victimization, poorer school functioning, more substance use, and poorer mental health compared with heterosexual youth.