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Resource Type: DocumentPolicy Brief - Early Childhood Education Programs
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: At Risk / Disadvantaged Students, Early Childhood Education, Counseling and GuidanceEarly childhood education programs can provide critical education and other services for children in foster care, but not all ...Contributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
AB 490 FAQs
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: At Risk / Disadvantaged Students, Education Materials, Counseling and GuidanceA 16-page compellation of frequently asked questions about AB 490. Includes an introduction and sections on Educational placeme...Contributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Policy Brief AB 490 Implementation (Least Restrictive Placement)
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: At Risk / Disadvantaged Students, Counseling and GuidanceStudents in foster care are entitled under federal and CA laws to be placed in the least restrictive educational programs ...Contributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Policy Brief - AB 490 Implementation (Partial Credits)
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: At Risk / Disadvantaged Students, Education Materials, Counseling and GuidanceThe calculation and acceptance of partial credits is critical to ensure that foster youth are not academically penalized because...Contributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Policy Brief - AB 490 Implementation (Transportation)
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: At Risk / Disadvantaged Students, Education MaterialsYouth in foster care face tremendous barriers to educational success due to frequent disruptions in their home and school placem...Contributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Trauma-Informed Practice with Young People in Foster Care
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: At Risk / Disadvantaged Students, Education Materials, Counseling and GuidanceMany young people who have experienced foster care have also experienced trauma. This issue brief provides information and recom...Contributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Mississippi Youth Voice
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: At Risk / Disadvantaged Students, Education Materials, Counseling and GuidanceThis document, written by Mississippi Teen Advisory Board and released in July 2014, offers a set of recommendations designed t...Contributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
A Guide to Implementing THP-Plus: Housing California's Homeless Former Foster Youth
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: At Risk / Disadvantaged Students, Education Materials, Counseling and GuidanceA technical assistance document developed by the THP-Plus Statewide Implementation ProjectContributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Effective Practices in THP-Plus: Providing Affordable Housing and Supportive Services to Youth Formerly in the Foster Care and Juvenile Probation Systems
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: At Risk / Disadvantaged Students, Learning Theories, Education Materials, Counseling and GuidanceA technical assistance document developed by the THP-Plus Statewide Implementation ProjectContributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Fight For Your Rights
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.A Guidebook for California Foster Youth, Former Foster Youth, and Those Who Care About Them.Contributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
California Foster Care Education Law Factsheets
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.These fact sheets contain information and legal citations to the key provisions of AB 490, AB 167, and laws impacting education ...Contributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: DocumentAB 2060 Fact Sheet
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This fact sheet contains information related to AB 2060 which requires that a foster child's education rights must be held by a ...Contributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
Trauma-Informed Practice with Young People in Foster Care
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Many young people who have experienced foster care have also experienced trauma. This issue brief provides information and recom...Contributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Mississippi Youth Voice
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This document, written by Mississippi Teen Advisory Board and released in July 2014, offers a set of recommendations designed t...Contributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Report: Priority Registration for Foster Youth Two Years Later:Challenges and Triumphs
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.A Review of Implementation of Priority Registration for Foster Youth at California's Public Post-Secondary Institutions.Contributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Turning Dreams into Degrees: Past, Present and Future of California College Pathways
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This report provides some of the highlights of how California has become the nation's leader in higher education support for fos...Contributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Foster Youth Educational Planning guide
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This list is a compilation of programs and resources that can assist foster youth and their caregivers prepare to enter higher e...Contributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWeb Seminar: It's the Law! Policy Changes that Impact Foster Youth in California
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.As the 2014 legislative cycle comes to a close, the dust will soon settle and we will know what child welfare bills ultimately w...Contributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Premise and Promise of the California Connected by 25 Initiative
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.The California Connected by 25 Initiative (CC25I) was a six-year initiative led by the Stuart Foundation and Walter S. Johnson F...Contributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
First Look: Foster Youth Education Outcomes in Four CaliforniaCounties
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This first-of-its-kind pilot project gets us closer to knowing how students with a history of foster care placement are faring i...Contributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0