February

Number of At-Risk Youth with Intellectual Disability and Autism in the U.S. Foster Care System is Growing

February 12, 2024
Recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics, researchers at Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, in collaboration with George Mason University’s Department of Social Work and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Social Work, engaged an intersectional analysis to examine foster care involvement among youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (including autism) and how it has evolved in the United States using a cross-section of 2016 national Medicaid claims data.
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Number of At-Risk Youth with Intellectual Disability and Autism in the U.S. Foster Care System is Growing