Young adults aging out of the foster care system have received a good deal of attention over the years from policymakers, child welfare practitioners and researchers. Despite these efforts, youth aging out of the foster care system continue to have well-documented challenges when transitioning to adulthood. In this cross-sectional comparative study, we assess the outcomes of emancipated youth after the initiation of an extended after care program and compare the results with the outcomes drawn from a prior study conducted twenty years earlier. Overall, young adults in the 2021 study fared significantly better than their 2001 counterparts. They had increased positive health outcomes, were more financially secure, had a notable decline in involvement with law enforcement, were engaged in less illegal activity, had better educational outcomes, fewer job terminations, were experiencing less homelessness, were less likely to be married, and had fewer pregnancies and children than youth in the 2001 study. The provision of training and concrete services was associated with more positive outcomes. The article advances implications for policy interventions.

多年来，在寄养系统之外老龄化的年轻人受到了政策制定者、儿童福利从业者和研究人员的广泛关注。尽管做出了这些努力，但在寄养系统中老龄化的青年在过渡到成年时仍然面临着有据可查的挑战。在这项横断面比较研究中，我们评估了解放青年在延长护理计划启动后的结果，并将结果与​​ 20 年前进行的先前研究的结果进行比较。总体而言，2021 年研究中的年轻人的表现明显好于 2001 年的同龄人。他们增加了积极的健康成果，在财务上更有保障，参与执法的程度显着下降，从事的非法活动减少，教育成果更好，在 2001 年的研究中，与青年人相比，被解雇的人更少，无家可归的人更少，结婚的可能性更低，怀孕和孩子更少。提供培训和具体服务与更积极的结果相关。本文提出了对政策干预的影响。