Overview
AYPF has documented promising policy and program supports for youth in transition from foster care. A recent study tour to Nashville, Tennessee from June 4 – 6, 2014 provided an opportunity for national and state policy leaders to learn about and see programs and policies in action that are helping youth as they transition from the foster care system to postsecondary education and independent living.
Below is a list of useful tools and resources:
Policy
- NGA Center for Best Practices: State Policies to Help Youth Transition Out of Foster Care
- Education Reach for Texans: Birth of a National Movement
- John Emerson: National PSE Exemplars
- California College Pathways: Turning Dreams into Degrees: Past, Present, and Future of California College Pathways
- Texas Department of Family and Protection Services: Transitional Living Services
- Texas Department of Family and Protection Services: Preparation for Adult Living (PAL) Program
- Tennessee Department of Children’s Services: Independent Living
- North Carolina Division of Social Services: NC LINKS
- North Carolina’s Strong Able Youth Speaking Out (SaySo)
- Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth: Youth Transitions Advisory Council (YTAC)
- California’s John Burton Foundation
- National Center for Housing and Child Welfare
Practice
- California College Pathways: Foster Youth Campus Support Programs: A Leadership Guide
- Center for Fostering Success Program Summary
- Youth Villages: Transitional Living Program 10-Year Report
- Western Michigan University: Fostering Success Michigan
- Western Michigan University: WMU’s Sieta Scholars Program report
- Western Michigan University: Center Overview
- Western Michigan University: Fostering Success Coaching
- Youth Villages: Transitional Living Program: FAQ
- Youth Villages: Transitional Living Program: Information Through March 2014
- MDRC: After Foster Care and Juvenile Justice: A Preview of the Youth Villages Transitional Living Evaluation
- MDRC: Moving Into Adulthood: Implementation Findings From the Youth Villages Transitional Living Evaluation (Executive Summary)
- Texas: Austin Community College District’s Foster Care Alumni Program
- California: Foundation for California Community Colleges
- North Carolina: United Way of the Greater Triangle
- Youth Villages: Transitional Living
- Nashville, Tennessee: Program Website: Monroe Harding
- Southern California Foster Family and Adoption Agency: Youth in Transition
- University of Michigan – Flint: Mpowering My Success
- Middle Tennessee State University: Next Step
Research
- Chapin Hall: Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth: Outcomes at Age 26
- Watt, Norton, and Jones: Designing a Campus Support Program for Foster Care Alumni: Preliminary Evidence for a Strengths Framework
- CFTL.orgCalifornia: The Invisible Achievement Gap, Part 1: Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care in California’s Public Schools
- CFTL.Org: California’s Continuation: The Invisible Achievement Gap, Part 2: How the Foster Care Experiences of California Public School Students Are Associated with Their Education Outcomes
- Casey Family Programs: Supporting Success: Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Students from Foster Care
- Youth Transition Funders Group: Connected by 25: A Plan for Investing in the Social, Emotional and Physical Well-Being of Older Youth in Foster Care
- Community Foundation of Broward: Collective Impact: Lessons Learned in the Creation of a Safety Net for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
- California College Pathways: Turning Dreams into Degrees: Past, Present, and Future of California College Pathways
- Independent Living Resources, Inc.
General Resources
- California College Pathways: Data Resources
- Casey Family Programs: Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Young Adults from Foster Care: Selected Readings, Resources, and Program Links
- Foster Care to Success: 2013 National Convening on Foster Youth and Higher Education
- Supporting Success: Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Students from Foster Care
