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Urbanicity and County-Level Variation in Transitional Housing Placements for Transition-Age Youth in California Foster Care

The decentralized U.S. child welfare system has resulted in significant variation in practices and outcomes across states and counties. Despite growing attention to varying child welfare experiences based on urbanicity, particularly rural child welfare practice concerning younger...

Adapting Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to a student advising framework

Abstract This AM Last Pages describes how Maslow’s Hierarchy can help students understand the myriad of tasks they must complete from a career perspective in medical school. These 5 distinct tasks include finishing medical school intact, meeting minimum standards to finish school...