Mitchell, M. B. (2023). To be ripped away from your family: The impact of loss, grief, and relational connection for youth in foster care. Family Justice Journal, 1, 14-19.

Mitchell, M. B., Schuurman, D. L., Shapiro, C. J., Sattler, S., Sorensen, C., & Martinez, J. (2022). The L.Y.G.H.T. program: An evaluation of a peer grief support intervention for youth in foster care. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-022-00843-7

Mitchell, M. B. (2017). “No one acknowledged my loss and hurt”: Non-death loss, grief, and trauma in foster care. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 35, 1-9. doi:10.1007/s10560-017-0502-8

Mitchell, M. B. (2016a). The neglected transition: Building a relational home for children entering foster care. New York: Oxford University Press.

Mitchell, M. B. (2016b). The family dance: Ambiguous loss, meaning-making, and the psychological family in foster care. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 8, 360-372. doi: 10.1111/jftr.12151

This research study explores how tapping into the noetic dimension enhances the lives of grieving youth in foster care.  The study is one of 35 research projects included in the Enhancing Life Project, an international project which explores an essential aspiration of human beings that moves persons and communities into the future (http://enhancinglife.uchicago.edu/).

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Youth in Foster Care: Transcending Adversity and Inspiring Transformative Change

This statewide longitudinal research study examined the outcomes and experiences of youth transitioning out of foster care (2010-2016). Voices and Visions of SC Youth in Transition, conducted at the University of South Carolina, included the federally mandated NYTD questions as well as questions specific to South Carolina, which asked youth about their experiences and thoughts of independent living services and the transition out of foster care. The National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) is the federal data collection that requires all States to collect information from youth in care who were 17 years old between October 2010 and September 2011 and then again when these youth turned 19 and 21. The South Carolina Department of Social Services partnered with The Center for Child and Family Studies at the University of South Carolina in this project to learn more about the experiences of youth in foster care.