Adolescent Youth Development Variables

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  State Choices to Promote Quality
  Fund afterschool/out-of-school time program evaluation initiative for youth (2010)1 Use the Compact Rate formula to measure graduation rate (2010)3 Have a career and technical education office that partners with communities to offer internship programs (2010)11 Collaborate with private sector to expand job opportunities for youth aging out of foster care (2010)12 Provide aftercare services to ease transition from juvenile justice system, including education, life skills training, vocational training, and counseling services (2010)12 Allow foster youth aging out of system to voluntarily retain state guardianship until age 21 (2009)15 Have a legislative youth advisory council or commission (2009)16
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National 11 25 48 12 31 37 41
Alabama No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alaska No No4 Yes No13 No No Yes
Arizona No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
Arkansas No Yes Yes No13 No Yes Yes
California No No4 Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Colorado Yes No5 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Connecticut No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Delaware No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
District of Columbia No No Yes No13 No Yes Yes
Florida No Yes Yes No13 Yes No Yes
Georgia No No4 Yes No13 Yes Yes Yes
Hawaii No No4 Yes No13 Yes Yes No
Idaho No No6 Yes No No No No
Illinois No No4 Yes No13 No Yes No
Indiana No2 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Iowa No Yes Yes No13 No13 No Yes
Kansas Yes No4 Yes No No Yes Yes
Kentucky Yes No7 Yes No13 No Yes No
Louisiana No Yes Yes No13 No Yes Yes
Maine No Yes Yes No13 Yes Yes Yes
Maryland No No4 Yes No13 Yes Yes Yes
Massachusetts Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Michigan Yes Yes Yes No13 Yes No No
Minnesota No Yes8 Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Mississippi No Yes Yes No13 Yes Yes Yes
Missouri No No4 Yes No13 Yes Yes Yes
Montana Yes No4 Yes No13 Yes Yes No
Nebraska Yes No4 Yes No13 No No Yes
Nevada No No9 Yes No13 No Yes Yes
New Hampshire Yes No4 Yes Yes Yes No Yes
New Jersey No No10 Yes No13 Yes Yes Yes
New Mexico Yes Yes No No13 Yes Yes Yes
New York No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
North Carolina No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
North Dakota No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ohio No No Yes No13 Yes Yes8 Yes
Oklahoma Yes No Yes No14 Yes Yes No2
Oregon No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pennsylvania No No4 Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Rhode Island No2 Yes Yes No2 No2 No Yes8
South Carolina No Yes Yes No13 No Yes No
South Dakota Yes No4 Yes No13 Yes No Yes
Tennessee No Yes No No Yes No Yes
Texas No Yes Yes No13 Yes Yes Yes
Utah No No5 Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Vermont No Yes Yes No13 Yes Yes Yes
Virginia No Yes Yes No13 No Yes Yes
Washington No No4 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
West Virginia No No4 Yes No13 No No No
Wisconsin No No4 Yes No13 Yes No Yes
Wyoming No No4 Yes No13 No Yes Yes
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Data Notes & Sources

  1. Data unavailable for many states.

    Measuring Results: Research and Program Evaluation. Administration for Children and Families. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services website. Accessed June 22, 2010, from nccic.org/afterschool/results.php?category=41&state=.
  2. Personal communication with the state indicates that this policy is in place, as of October 2010.
  3. Curran, Bridget; Reyna, Ryan. 2010. Implementing Graduation Counts: State Progress to Date, 2010. National Governors Association: Center for Best Practices. Accessed Feb. 14, 2011, from www.nga.org/Files/pdf/1012GRADCOUNTSPROGRESS.PDF.
  4. Plans to implement in 2011.
  5. Plans to implement in 2011. Personal communication with the state indicates that this policy is in place, as of October, 2010.
  6. Plans to implement in 2014.
  7. Plans to implement in 2013.
  8. Personal communication with the state indicates that this policy is not in place, as of October 2010.
  9. Plans to implement in 2012.
  10. Plans to implement in 2012
  11. This also includes apprenticeships, job shadowing, and work-based learning opportunities.

    Personal communication with state agency: includes private letters, memos, some electronic communication (i.e. email, personal interviews, or telephone conversations).
  12. Personal communication with state agency: includes private letters, memos, some electronic communication (i.e. email, personal interviews, or telephone conversations).
  13. Data not available.
  14. Data previously unavailable, but personal communication with the state indicates that this policy is not in place, as of October 2010.
  15. Status subject to changes due to the provision in the Fostering Connections to Success Act which will allow states to claim Title IV-E funding for foster youth until age 21, beginning Oct. 2010.

    Casey Family Programs. State Child Welfare Policy Database. Accessed Aug. 9, 2010, from www.childwelfarepolicy.org/pages/map.cfm.

    Dworsky, Amy; Havlicek, Judy. 2009. Review of State Policies and Programs to Support Young People Transitioning Out of Foster Care. Chicago: Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago.
  16. National Conference of State Legislatures. Statewide Legislative Youth Advisory Councils. Accessed Oct. 8, 2010, from www.ncsl.org/Portals/1/documents/cyf/Councils_grid.pdf.

    Individual state legislature homepages.