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LAUSD and District’s Around the State Unveil Draft Plans that Focus on Foster Youth

Education, Legislation, News /

The Los Angeles Unified School District’s newly unveiled draft Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) demonstrates the promise of California’s new school funding scheme – the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) – for foster youth.  The draft plan includes nearly $10 million in new services for foster youth and the hiring of nearly 100 new counselors […]

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Pro Bono Attorney at McGuireWoods Steps in Before it’s too Late

Education, News, Pro Bono Spotlight /

Marlin entered foster care as an infant, after his parents were imprisoned for committing a violent crime. When we met Marlin, he was in second grade, but he was several grade levels behind. Marlin suffers from ADHD and a severe form of epilepsy. Despite Marlin’s learning impairments and academic struggles, his school hadn’t approved any specialized

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New Legislation Would Help Former Foster Youth Re-Enter Care When Guardianship or Adoption Fails

Legislation, News /

Assembly Bill 2454 (Quirk-Silva), a bill to help former foster youth re-enter care when their guardianships or adoptions fail, continues to make its way toward becoming law. Since our April report, the Alliance-sponsored bill was unanimously passed by the Assembly and is now making its way through the Senate. With a broad base of support,

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California Focuses on Reducing Child Poverty

News, Policy Matters /

Budget cuts in the past few years have poked serious holes in our state’s safety net programs supporting foster children. But, after years of cuts, California is now recovering from the recession and looks forward to a surplus in the coming year. Recognizing the need to balance both ensure stability and expand opportunities, the Assembly Democratic Caucus

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New Tool to Help Foster Youth Graduate on Time

Education, News /

Educators and school districts that are working to serve foster youth have a new tool available to them.  A new resource, California’s Partial Credit Model Policy:  An Implementation Manual for School Districts and Child Welfare Agencies, has recently been released and provides comprehensive information to ensure foster youth are awarded credit for all work completed

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Lack of Funding for Post-Reunification Services Could Reduce Permanency

News, Policy Matters /

In October 2013, The State Policy Advocacy and Reform Center (SPARC) released Reunification of Foster Children with their Families: The First Permanency Outcome, a brief examining the outcomes of children who exit foster care to reunification along with recommendations on improving these outcomes. According to national data from the annual Child Welfare Outcomes Report, many

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Advocates Release Plan to Help School Districts Improve Educational Outcomes for Foster Youth

Education, News /

This week Coalition for Educational Equity for Foster Youth released a Sample Local Control Accountability Plan for Foster Youth, an important tool for school districts in ensuring that California’s new school funding and accountability system lives up to its promise to end the achievement gap for foster youth. Under the new system, known as the

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Action Needed: Sign on to End Practice of Placing Foster Children into Poverty

News, Step Up Coalition /

A coalition of advocates is circulating a sign-on letter calling on the California State Legislature to end the current policy of placing foster children into deep poverty. Under the current system, a relative caregiver receives a foster care benefit if the child is federally-eligible. If not, the relative caregiver may apply for the state welfare benefit

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