This issue shares new research on congregate care placements after California’s Continuum of Care Reform, juvenile incarceration and educational attainment, extended foster care for sexual minority youth, and adolescent neglect reports as indicators of behavioral health needs. We also feature a study on social support and incarceration risk, highlight TAY-Hub research in a congressional hearing, and celebrate accomplishments across the TAY-Hub network.

We recap TAY-Hub’s presentations at the 2026 SSWR Annual Conference in Washington D.C. and share new research from partners on service co-production for foster youth and socioeconomic outcomes for sexual minority youth who have aged out of care. We also highlight a new grant to evaluate guaranteed income for youth aging out of foster care.

This month, we’re excited to share new research that highlights the importance of extended foster care as both a housing safety net and a way of delivering supportive services during the transition to adulthood. We are also happy to welcome seven new research teams – our latest subaward grantees.

In this issue, we’re proud to share that the new TAY-Hub website is live! Visitors can now explore all of our research in a searchable library. We also introduce updated data tools, spotlight new research on immigration status and social support, and share updates about research awards selected through our most recent grant announcement.

This month we’re excited to share updates on a new research funding opportunity, findings from our latest study on residential mobility in extended foster care, and key highlights from the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) conference.

This newsletter shares key updates from the TAY-Hub, including a new report on annual earnings by age, a study on out-of-county residences among young adults in foster care, and two new peer-reviewed publications on transitional housing and suicidal behaviors.

We recap the 2024 TAY-Hub Convening at USC that brought together practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and people with lived experience in foster care to share ideas and build connections. Panels highlighted new studies on service access, the role of relationships and identities, policy implementation, and insights from lived experience, with discussions focused on applying findings to real-world policy and practice. We also share a summary of all research projects from TAY-Hub subawardees.

Join us June 14 at USC for the 2024 TAY-Hub Convening! This month, we’re spotlighting insights from our inaugural grantees, sharing a new peer-reviewed publication on food insecurity among youth exiting care, and highlighting Dr. Mark Courtney’s recent presentation, titled Empowering Futures: Navigating the Transition from Foster Care to Adulthood for the UC Davis Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice.

Our February 2024 newsletter highlights TAY-Hub’s recent presentations, including a panel at the SSWR Annual Conference, a webinar on extended foster care hosted by the Children’s Bureau, and a Children Now policy roundtable on services and supports for TAY in California. We also share a new research brief on employment and earnings among TAY in care and a peer-reviewed article on behavioral health and legal system involvement.

We have released a new interactive report titled TAY Cumulative Postsecondary Enrollment Status by Age. Among the first of its kind, this report links California’s administrative foster care records and National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) data. We also highlight a new report on the impact of county context, a peer-reviewed publication on enduring relationships, and TAY-Hub’s recent presentations at EuSARF 2023 and the ISPCAN Congress.

Our Summer 2023 newsletter announces the TAY-Hub subaward recipients: eleven research teams dedicated to advancing knowledge about transition-age youth. Partners, including individuals with lived expertise, communities disproportionately impacted by structural inequities, providers with unique youth connections, and state and county youth-serving agencies, are key to making the research relevant and successful. These projects are supported by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation through research subawards.

Our latest newsletter announces a call for letters of interest to fund applied research supporting better policies and practices for transition-age youth in or exiting foster care. We also highlight new research summaries on psychotropic medication use and the connection between extended foster care and juvenile justice involvement.

In our inaugural newsletter, we welcome partners to the TAY-Hub network! We recap our launch event held at UC Berkeley, where state and community leaders gathered to shape our research agenda and explore pressing issues facing TAY. We also share new research on economic hardship, parenting, and kinship care among youth transitioning from foster care.