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Youth In Foster Care

Briefs

02/10/06
Higher Education Opportunities for Foster Youth, a report by The Institute for Higher Education Policy with Tom Wolanin, Senior Associate, The Institute for Higher Education Policy, Jamie Merisotis, President, The Institute for Higher Education Policy, and Erin Renner, Assistant Director, Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance (Forum brief)
03/01/02
Addressing the Causes and Consequences of High Student Mobility: The Role of School Systems and Communities, with Barbara Buell, educator and parent advocate, Chicago Panel for School Policy's Parent Connection; Carlos Azcoitia, Deputy Chief Education Officer, Chicago Public School System; and David Kerbow, Research Associate, Center for School Improvement, University of Chicago. (Forum Brief)
02/08/02
 
Residential Education: The Need for a New Option, with Heidi Goldsmith, the Director of the Coalition for Residential Education; the Honorable James R. Milliken Presiding, the Director of the San Pasqual Academy; and Father Leo Armbrust, the Director of Rennaisance Village. (Forum Brief)
 
 

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Youth with Disabilities in the Foster Care System: Barriers to Success and Proposed Policy Solutions, a policy report by the National Council on Disability (NCD). AYPF conducted the research for this report that examines this uniquely situated population in terms of the issues that affect them and the policy solutions that can be implemented to improve their outcomes. (February 26, 2008)


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Lessons Learned: What the WAY Program Can Teach Us About Program Replication
This paper addresses the issue of program replication based on the experience of replicating the Work Appreciation for Youth (WAY) program in four urban community-based organizations, with support from the United States Department of Labor/Employment and Training Division. WAY was originally developed by The Children’s Village (CV) for youth in the child welfare system’s most restrictive level of care— residential treatment— to assist and motivate them to stay in school and to develop and practice work ethics after they had been discharged from care.

 

Other Resources

National Collaborative on Workforce & Disability for Youth, Negotiating the Curves Toward Employment: A Guide About Youth Involved in the Foster Care System (2007).

Wolanin, Thomas R., Higher Education Opportunities for Foster Youth: A Primer for Policymakers, The Institute for Higher Education Policy (December 2005).

Youth Transitions Funders Group, Connected by 25: A Plan for Investing in Successful Futures for Foster Youth (2004).