University of Pennsylvania Professor of Social Policy Dennis
Culhane is an internationally-recognized researcher whose studies in homelessness have had wide policy impact at both local and federal levels. Partnering with the County of Los Angeles, Dr. Culhane will investigate how youth who have exited
Foster Care have fared as adults. Such outcomes as employment earnings, public assistance, homelessness, public health services, justice system involvement, and dependent care of their own children will be explored. The conclusions will prove invaluable in determining the efficacy and cost effectiveness of current programs and what interventions might be provided to help youth successfully transition out of the foster care system.
Based in Los Angeles, the Hilton Foundation was created in 1944 by the late hotel entrepreneur and business leader,
Conrad N. Hilton, who left his fortune to the foundation when he died in 1979 with instructions to help the most disadvantaged and vulnerable throughout the world without regard to religion, ethnicity or geography. Barron Hilton, who also led Hilton Hotels Corporation and is current chairman of the foundation, has joined his father in committing to leave the bulk of his wealth to the foundation. Since its inception, the foundation, along with its related entities, has committed more than $800 million for charitable projects throughout the world.
For more information, visit
www.hiltonfoundation.org
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