Vulnerable Youth

Summary

This paper, an extension of Casey's 2004 KIDS COUNT Data Book, examines national and state-level trend data on five types of vulnerable youth. 

Table of Contents

• Executive summary
• Introduction
• Youth who have been the victims of maltreatment
• Youth in foster care
• Youth in the juvenile justice system
• Teen mothers
• Youth receiving payments from TANF
• Summary
• References
• Sources of Information
• Tables

Key Takeaway

A focus on five different youth groups linked by one common circumstance — vulnerability

This report looks at five populations of at-risk youth: 1) teen mothers; 2) victims of maltreatment; 3) foster care participants; 4) juvenile detention residents; and 5) recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program payments.