Tag: Youth in Foster Care

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Stabilizing Education Opportunity for Students in Foster Care

American Institutes for Research

This article exames school mobility among California students in foster care, barriers to educational stability, transportation challenges, and policy considerations for reducing disruption.

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Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Education Approaches: Rethinking California’s Alternative Education System

University of California, Los Angeles Center for Transformation of Schools

This report examines California’s alternative education system, including student demographics, school climate, academic outcomes, systemic barriers, and recommendations for more responsive supports.

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Healthy Minds, Strong-Futures: Aligning Systems to Advance Adolescent Development for Youth in Foster Care

All4Ed

This report examines the intersection of education, health, and child welfare systems in the lives of youth in foster care. It highlights the potential of school-based approaches and presents actionable recommendations to reduce barriers that prevent youth in foster care from having their health and educational needs met.

Revisiting California’s Invisible Achievement Gap: Trends in Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care in the Context of the Local Control Funding Formula

WestEd

Following up on a landmark 2013 study, this report revisits the educational challenges faced by K–12 students in foster care, assessing progress since major policy reforms that intended to improve education for youth in foster care.

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Policy Brief/Proposal

Often Overlooked but Not Unseen: An Overview of Highly Mobile Youth in the U.S.

University of California, Los Angeles Center for Transformation of Schools

This brief provides a close look at the needs of highly mobile youth, identifies the systematic barriers these students face, and proposes targeted interventions to address their needs.

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Understanding Belongingness, Support, and Perseverance: An Exploratory Study of the Educational Experiences of Foster Youth in California

University of California, Los Angeles Center for Transformation of Schools

A study that explores how youth in foster care experience the foster care system, high school, and college, offering recommendations for these systems to better support these young people.

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On the Threshold of Change

California Youth Connection

A report using strategic foresight to develop a vision in response to the future forces that will dramatically change the lives of hundreds of thousands of young people who will experience foster care over the next decade as they make the difficult transition to adulthood.

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Tool / Toolkit

Foster Youth Postsecondary Education Planning Resources

John Burton Advocates for Youth

Step-by-step guides providing detailed checklists, resources, and strategies to assist youth with lived experience in foster care to prepare for high school graduation and postsecondary education.

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Policy Brief/Proposal

The 2023 Pro-Kid Policy Agenda

Children Now

A comprehensive state-level policy roadmap to ensure that all California children have the necessary supports to reach their full potential.

Policy Brief/Proposal

COYN 2023 Policy Agenda

New Ways to Work

A overview of the California Opportunity Youth Network (COYN)'s 2023 policy agenda, describing six issues and the actions that COYN will take to advance them.

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Foster(ing) Youth in the California State University: Understanding the Vital Role of Campus Support Programs

University of California, Los Angeles Center for Transformation of Schools

A study providing an analysis of California State University's campus-based support programs for students with foster care experience.

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Policy Brief/Proposal

First Look: Understanding the Governor’s 2023-24 May Revision

California Budget & Policy Center

A report outlining key pieces of the California governor's May 2023-24 Revision and exploring how the governor prioritized spending amid the first budget shortfall of his tenure.

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Learning Through Radical Partnership: Developing Leadership Capacity in Leadership Candidates, Current District Leaders, and University Partners

California State University Fullerton

An article exploring how a leadership preparation partnership between a university and an urban high school fosters learning across candidates, school district leaders, and partner faculty.

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Framework/Guide

Education and Training Vouchers

Urban Institute

A comprehensive evaluation of the Education and Teaching Voucher program to assist young adults in or formerly in foster care with their postsecondary education needs.

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Policy Brief/Proposal

Four Ways to Help Young People with Foster Care Experience Afford College

Urban Institute

A set of recommendations for improving the Foster Care system in California.

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Participant Perspectives on Education and Training Vouchers

Urban Institute

A research report highlighting the experiences of young people who have experienced foster care and received Chafee Education and Training Vouchers (ETVs) to help fund their postsecondary education.

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Supporting Successful Transitions Into Adulthood For Youth In Foster Care: Reforming California’s Independent Living Program

Children Now

A report highlighting data about transition age foster youth, with policy and program recommendations for California's Independent Living Program (ILP).

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Realizing the Promise of LCFF: Recommendations from the First Ten Years

Public Advocates

A report presenting recommendations for improving implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula.

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Policy Brief/Proposal

Foster Care, Postsecondary Education, and Financial Aid in California

Urban Institute

A brief describing the financial support that students who have experienced foster care receive to attend college compared with those of their peers in California.

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California School News February 2023

California School Boards Association

A monthly newsletter covering all aspects of public school governance, with a feature story on Gov. Newsom's January 2023 budget proposal.

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