Independent Living

This report provides an overview of transition services for clients graduating from Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC). CSC Programs have been successfully implemented across the US, including through support from the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant set aside funds for people with early psychosis.

This brief is the third publication from the Continuity of Care Services Following Coordinated Specialty Care study. It provides a short overview of the different approaches to continuity of care for young adults who have attended CSC programs and explores avenues for integration within programs and organizations as a way to support young adults following a completion of a CSC program.

The Coordinated Specialty Care Transition Study: Final Report provides an overview of transition services for clients graduating from Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC). This the second publication from the Continuity of Care Services Following Coordinated Specialty Care study.

ASPE Report Providing Medicaid to Youth Formerly in Foster Care under the Chafee Option: Informing Implementation of the Affordable Care Act November 2012 By: Michael R. Pergamit, Marla McDaniel, Vicki Chen, Embry Howell, Amelia Hawkins

Each year the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program provides $140 million for independent living services to assist youth as they age out of foster care and enter adulthood. Under this formula grant program, states are provided allocations and allowed to use up to 30 percent of program funds for room and board for youth ages 18 to 21 who have left care.

  ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF The Mental Health of Vulnerable Youth and their Transition to Adulthood: Examining the Role of the Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, and Runaway/Homeless Systems August 2009

  ASPE FACT SHEET Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood Youth from Distressed Neighborhoods July 2009 This Research Brief is part of a larger project:Vulnerable Youth and the Transistion to Adulthood

  ASPE FACT SHEET Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood Youth from Low-Income Families July 2009 This Research Brief is part of a larger project:Vulnerable Youth and the Transistion to Adulthood

  ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF Vulnerable Youth and the Transistion to Adulthood Multiple Pathways Connecting to School and Work July 2009 This Research Brief is part of a larger project:Vulnerable Youth and the Transistion to Adulthood