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Youth Transitioning From Foster Care: Background, Federal Programs, and Issues for Congress

Description: This report begins with a discussion of the characteristics of older foster youth in care and the types of outcomes experienced by youth who have recently emancipated. The report then provides an overview of the federal foster care system, including the Chafee Foster Care Independence program, and provisions in federal foster care law that are intended to help prepare youth for adulthood. The report goes on to discuss other federal support -- through other programs -- for youth aging out of car… more
Date: May 21, 2008
Creator: Fernandes, Adrienne L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Zimbabwe

Description: This report provides background on events leading up to and surrounding Zimbabwe's most recent elections, in March and June 2008.
Date: September 26, 2008
Creator: Ploch, Lauren
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Zimbabwe

Description: This report provides background on events leading up to Zimbabwe's event in March and June 2008.
Date: February 20, 2009
Creator: Ploch, Lauren
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Zimbabwe: Current Issues

Description: U.S. policy-makers once saw Zimbabwe as a source of political and economic stability in southern Africa, but with the failure of Zimbabwe’s economic reform program and mounting unrest in the 1990s, U.S. assistance levels fell sharply. Aid now focuses on programs to strengthen democracy, raise living standards among the poor, and fight the AIDS epidemic. In 2000, the United States strongly criticized pre-election violence and intimidation in Zimbabwe. In June 2001, the U.S. Assistant Secretary o… more
Date: October 17, 2001
Creator: Copson, Raymond W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Zimbabwe Update

Description: This report discusses Zimbabwe's economic situation, specifically in the food and agricultural industries.
Date: August 15, 2003
Creator: Copson, Raymond W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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