National Youth in Transition Database - Served Populations
States report information from two reporting populations: (1) The Served Population which is information on all youth receiving at least one independent living services paid or provided by the Chafee Program agency, and (2) Youth completing the NYTD Survey. States survey youth regarding six outcomes: financial self-sufficiency, experience with homelessness, educational attainment, positive connections with adults, high-risk behaviors, and access to health insurance. States collect outcomes information by conducting a survey of youth in foster care on or around their 17th birthday, also referred to as the baseline population. States will track these youth as they age and conduct a new outcome survey on or around the youth's 19th birthday; and again on or around the youth's 21st birthday, also referred to as the follow-up population. States will collect outcomes information on these older youth at ages 19 or 21 regardless of their foster care status or whether they are still receiving independent living services from the State. Depending on the size of the State's foster care youth population, some States may conduct a random sample of the baseline population of the 17-year-olds that participate in the outcomes survey so that they can follow a smaller group of youth as they age. All States will collect and report outcome information on a new baseline population cohort every three years.
Units of Response: Current and former youth in foster care
Type of Data: Administrative
Tribal Data: No
Periodicity: Annual
Demographic Indicators: Ethnicity;Race;Sex
SORN: Not Applicable
Data Use Agreement: https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/request-dataset.cfm
Data Use Agreement Location: https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/order_forms/termsofuseagreement.pdf
Granularity: Individual
Spatial: United States
Geocoding: FIPS Code
Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
[
"009:70"
]
|
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "Data Analytics and Reporting Team, Children's Bureau",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:cbdatateam@acf.hhs.gov"
}
|
| description | States report information from two reporting populations: (1) The Served Population which is information on all youth receiving at least one independent living services paid or provided by the Chafee Program agency, and (2) Youth completing the NYTD Survey. States survey youth regarding six outcomes: financial self-sufficiency, experience with homelessness, educational attainment, positive connections with adults, high-risk behaviors, and access to health insurance. States collect outcomes information by conducting a survey of youth in foster care on or around their 17th birthday, also referred to as the baseline population. States will track these youth as they age and conduct a new outcome survey on or around the youth's 19th birthday; and again on or around the youth's 21st birthday, also referred to as the follow-up population. States will collect outcomes information on these older youth at ages 19 or 21 regardless of their foster care status or whether they are still receiving independent living services from the State. Depending on the size of the State's foster care youth population, some States may conduct a random sample of the baseline population of the 17-year-olds that participate in the outcomes survey so that they can follow a smaller group of youth as they age. All States will collect and report outcome information on a new baseline population cohort every three years. <b>Units of Response: </b>Current and former youth in foster care <b>Type of Data: </b>Administrative <b>Tribal Data: </b>No <b>Periodicity: </b>Annual <b>Demographic Indicators: </b>Ethnicity;Race;Sex <b>SORN: </b>Not Applicable <b>Data Use Agreement: </b>https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/request-dataset.cfm <b>Data Use Agreement Location: </b>https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/order_forms/termsofuseagreement.pdf <b>Granularity: </b>Individual <b>Spatial: </b>United States <b>Geocoding: </b>FIPS Code |
| distribution |
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"title": "National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) - Services File",
"mediaType": "text/html",
"description": "The Services component (this dataset) contains information on the services provided by states under the Chafee Program and the youth who receive those services. Data are submitted by the states every 6 months on a continuing basis, and files are available annually. Temporal: 10/01/2011-09/30/2021, Restriction: Restricted-use Micro, Formats: R, SAS, SPSS, STATA",
"downloadURL": "https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/dataset-details.cfm?ID=284"
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"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) - Services File",
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|
| identifier | https://healthdata.gov/api/views/252x-que9 |
| issued | 2023-11-17 |
| keyword |
[
"foster care and adoption"
]
|
| landingPage | https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/fact-sheet/about-nytd |
| modified | 2025-02-03 |
| programCode |
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"009:089"
]
|
| publisher |
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"name": "ACF",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| theme |
[
"ACF"
]
|
| title | National Youth in Transition Database - Served Populations |
