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  • About
    • Board of Directors
    • Research Committee
    • History
  • Conference
  • Newsletter
  • Foster alumni
  • Educators
  • Child welfare field
  • Donate

Research Committee

Education Reach for Texans generates original research and translates research into policy and practice recommendations. The Research Committee is a group of researchers across Texas who are working on various projects related to foster care and higher education.

Members
Christine Norton, Chair
Texas State University

Dana Booker
TexProtects

Sheila Bustillos
Texas Women's University

Monica Faulkner
The University of Texas at Austin

Elissa Madden
Baylor University

​Megan Piel
The University of Texas at San Antonio

Toni Watt
​Texas State University


Current research
  •  Foster Care Higher Education Liaison Logic Model
  • Foster Care Higher Education Liaison Best Practices/Outcomes
  • Process Barriers to Pursuing Higher Education
  • Tuition and Fee Waiver Utilization and Outcomes
  • K-12 Foster Care Liaison Survey Research
  • Trauma-Informed Care in Campus Support Programs
  • Adventure-Based Group Work to Promote Social Connectedness Among Foster Youth in Higher Education

Publications
Geiger, J. M., Piel, M. H., Day, A., & Schelbe, L. (2018). A descriptive analysis of programs serving foster care alumni in higher education: Challenges and opportunities. Children and Youth Services Review, 85, 287-294.
 
Watt, T., Faulkner, M., Bustillos, S., & Madden, E. (2018). Foster Care Alumni and Higher Education: A Descriptive Study of Post-secondary Achievements of Foster Youth in Texas. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 1-10.
 
Watt, T., Kim, S., & Garrison, K. (2018). The Relationship between State Supports and Post-Secondary Enrollment among Youth Aging Out of Foster Care: An Analysis of the National Youth in Transition Database. Child Welfare, 96(3).
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