NPC Normalcy Survey

PURPOSE AND DIRECTIONS

Hello young people and not so young people who have experienced foster care,

The National Foster Youth and Alumni Policy Council (www.nationalpolicycouncil.org) is conducting a survey to help improve the rules and resources available to young people in foster care. By filling out this survey about your experience as a youth in foster care (or out-of-home-placement) you will help inform recommendations we make to the U.S. government agency in charge of foster care.

The purpose of the survey is to measure the opportunities for “normalcy” that foster youth have. “Normalcy” is the opportunity for foster youth to experience age-appropriate activities, responsibilities and life skills, which allow for normal growth and development.

The answers you provide on our survey are confidential. It will take 10 to 15 minutes to complete this survey.

THANK YOU for taking the time to help improve the foster care system!

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* 1. Foster Care Status (Foster care could be a group home, foster home, pre or post adoption home, relative home, etc.)

Current Foster Youth

Former Foster Youth

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* 2. Please Enter Your Age

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* 3. Date of Birth

mm/dd/yyyy

Date

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* 4. Please Select One

Male

Female

Transgendered

Prefer Not to Answer

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* 5. Where were you in care?

	State	State	State
The State(s) you were in Foster Care	The State(s) you were in Foster Care State menu	The State(s) you were in Foster Care State menu	The State(s) you were in Foster Care State menu

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Which agency were you involved with?

Division for Children, Youth and Families (sometimes called CPSW, Children's Administration, DCFS, etc.)

Division for Juvenile Justice Service : Juvenile Probation and Parole Office (JPPO)

Both

Unsure

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* 7. What types of placements do you or did you live in? (Check all that apply)

Fictive Kinship is a family relationship that is based neither on blood nor marriage. Ex. A godparent or an “Aunt or Uncle who is not related to you but you still consider family.

Foster Home

Relative

Guardianship

Adoption

Residential Treatment Center or Other Restrictive Placement

Group Home

Shelter

Lockdown Facility or Confinement

Fictive Kinship *

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* 8. Race/Ethnicity: Check all that apply

White

African American

Native American

Latina/Latino/Hispanic

Asian

Hawaiian

Pacific Islander

Other

Prefer Not to Answer

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* 9. Sexual Orientation: Check all that apply

Heterosexual

Homosexual

Bisexual

Asexual

Pansexual

No Preference

Prefer Not to Answer

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* 1. Foster Care Status (Foster care could be a group home, foster home, pre or post adoption home, relative home, etc.)

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* 2. Please Enter Your Age

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* 3. Date of Birth

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* 4. Please Select One

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* 5. Where were you in care?

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* 6. Which agency were you involved with?

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* 7. What types of placements do you or did you live in? (Check all that apply)*Fictive Kinship is a family relationship that is based neither on blood nor marriage. Ex. A godparent or an “Aunt or Uncle who is not related to you but you still consider family.*

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* 8. Race/Ethnicity: Check all that apply

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* 9. Sexual Orientation: Check all that apply

* 7. What types of placements do you or did you live in? (Check all that apply)

Fictive Kinship is a family relationship that is based neither on blood nor marriage. Ex. A godparent or an “Aunt or Uncle who is not related to you but you still consider family.