Chapin Hall released new findings about youth "aging out" of foster care at a congressional briefing in Washington, D.C. Chapin Hall's Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth—the largest study of its kind since the 1999 Chafee Foster Care Independence Act—has followed youth in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin since 2002 and compares their outcomes to those of peers not in foster care. Among the indicators examined are education, living arrangements, relationships to family, employment, economic well-being, physical and mental well-being, pregnancy, and involvement with the criminal justice system.

This briefing was cosponsored by Chapin Hall, the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, and the American Public Human Services Association.