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“Tell Us What We Need to Hear”
Extracurricular Activities Benefit Foster Youth
LGBT Foster and Adoptive Parenting Information Packet
Meeting the Educational Requirements of Fostering Connections
National Youth in Transition Database Launches
Numbers of Youth Aging Out Increases
Foster Youth Education Initiative
Financial Aid Assistance to Students from Foster Care
Municipal Action Guide to Assist Transitioning Foster Youths
Benefits and Costs of Intensive Foster Care Services
Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
Sabotaged by the System - Foster Youths are Targets for Identity Fraud
Continuing in Foster Care Beyond Age 18: How Courts Can Help
Serving Former Foster Youth in California Community Colleges
Racial and Ethnic Disparity and Disproportionality in Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice
Economy’s Ripple Effect on Kids
National Review of Policies and Programs to Support Young People Transitioning Out of Foster Care
Serving Former Foster Youth in California Community Colleges
This report presents an overview of how community colleges in California are meeting the educational needs of current and former foster youth and seeks to:
Provide for a better understanding of the needs of emancipated foster youth enrolled at community colleges;
Examine successful responses to student needs from community colleges statewide;
Identify challenges faced by community colleges in meeting student needs; and
Make recommendations as to how programs can be enhanced, expanded, and improved.
Full text of this report can be found at:
The Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges