Topic: Foster Youth and Other Priority Populations

Research/Report

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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Research/Report

California’s Future is Clocked In: The Experiences of Young Workers

University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education & Information Studies

A report focused on the conditions of young workers aged 16 to 24 in the state of California.

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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.

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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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Story / Case Study / Commentary

An Alternative Option for Newcomer High School Students with Interrupted Formal Schooling

Stanford University Graduate School of Education, John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities

A profile of California Alternative Education describing the efforts of Rudsdale Newcomer High School.

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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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Policy Brief/Proposal

California’s Major Investment in Universal Transitional Kindergarten

California Education Partners

A policy brief summarizing the challenges facing California's Universal Transitional Kindergarten (UTK), with recommendations for state policies that can align resources and support for high-quality implementation.

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Story / Case Study / Commentary

Re-Centering Youth Work Across Systems

KP Catalysts, LLC

An opinion essay discussing the importance of reclaiming and reimagining youth work, focusing on meeting youth where they are, creating healing-centered spaces, building healthy communities, and putting resources directly into the hands of young people.

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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Research/Report

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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Research/Report

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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Research/Report

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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Research/Report

Educating for a Diverse Democracy in California: The Growing Challenges of Political Conflict and Hostile Behavior

University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education & Information Studies

A brief examining the degree to which the partisan leaning of the communities surrounding schools is related to important social and political dynamics in the schools.

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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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Webinar / Video / Podcast

Trauma-Informed Education: What governance teams need to know

California School Boards Association

A webinar to help governance teams understand the principles and strategies of equity-centered, trauma-informed education so that they can effectively support their local students, staff, and families as they navigate a range of mental health challenges and ongoing pandemic recovery.

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Story / Case Study / Commentary

Nearly 152,000 California students are missing out on an education, new analysis shows

Children Now

A news report on the drop in school enrollment during and following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Story / Case Study / Commentary

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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