Educational Outcomes
To ensure successful educational outcomes for children and youth in foster care across the country, ten organizations have joined together as the National Working Group on Foster Care and Education. The working group partners are:American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law American Public Human Services Association Casey Family Programs Children's Defense Fund Child Welfare League of America Education Law Center (Pennsylvania) Juvenile Law Center National CASA Association National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges National Foster Care Coalition National Foster Parent Association
Strategy
Collaboration is the key to achieving practice, policy, and cultural changes that support educational stability and achievement for children and youth in care and for those responsible for their well-being.
The working group heightens national awareness of the educational needs of children and youth in care, and promotes best and promising practices and reforms across educational, child welfare, and juvenile and family court systems.
Goals
Educational stability for children and youth in foster care
- Seamless educational transitions for children and youth when education changes do occur
- High quality educational experiences, expectations and aspirations for young people in foster care
- Greater national attention to the disparate educational outcomes for young people in foster care, particularly children and youth of color
Priorities for 2007
- Advance knowledge of emerging state policies and strategies designed to improve educational outcomes for children and youth in foster care.
- Promote best and promising practices and cross-system collaboration.
- Heighten visibility of the education issues for children and youth in foster care in publications, on the web, at key national conferences, and through trainings and technical assistance.
- Disseminate members' tools and resources in the field.
Contact
Susan A. Weiss, Casey Family Programs
sweiss@casey.org or 206.282.7300
