Sense of Community Through Supportive Housing Among Foster Care Alumni
Type
Year published
Journal
Accession number
25572
Title
Sense of Community Through Supportive Housing Among Foster Care Alumni
Volume and issue
95, 2
Abstract
This journal article presents findings from a study that questioned the perception and experience of community among young adults who resided in supportive housing since aging out of foster care. To help answer this question, researchers conducted focus groups and individual interviews and administered the Brief Sense of Community Scale with a sample of 16 foster care alumni from a focal supportive housing program in a densely populated Northeast U.S. city. Together, the qualitative and quantitative results show the importance of a sense of community and its more discrete mechanisms of emotional connection, membership, influence, and needs fulfillment among this population. More specifically, the findings indicate that the study participants had access to a variety social network relationships and sociocultural resources through their supportive housing program otherwise not readily available.
Availability details
Article available for download on the Child Welfare League of America website: https://www.cwla.org/child-welfare-journal/