Foster care
Children who grow up in foster care have lower rates of high school and post-secondary education completion. Using the PRISMA methodology (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses), Gypen et al. (2017) systematically gathered published research articles from electronic databases such as PsychINFO, Springer, Science Direct, and Google Scholar. Their comprehensive review included articles under the terms “Foster care” or “ Foster alumni” or “foster children” and “long-term perspectives” or “long-term results.” The studies included participants aged 17 years and older (no age cap) gathering data from family service systems and child protective systems.