Because 18-Year-Olds Still Need Parenting

Through her research, Dominique Mikell (pronounced like “Michael”), a Stoneleigh Foundation Emerging Leader Fellow at the Juvenile Law Center, is working to bridge that gap. (The Stoneleigh Foundation, which sponsors Mikell’s research, supports the work of leaders in child welfare, juvenile justice and related fields.) Her project focuses on investigatingstatewide use of extended foster care in Pennsylvania after Act 91. She wants to find out who is actually staying in care in Pennsylvania. Why are these youth remaining in care? Do all of them know how to use this law? Are certain ones more or less likely than others to take advantage of it? Has the act been implemented effectively?