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6.8KGuest Opinion EssayStates Use Tuition Waivers to Support College Enrollment of Youth in Foster Care
More first-generation, low-income students and students of color, including youth in foster care, are enrolling in college than ever before. However, youth...
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1.2KGrantsYouth w/ Disabilities Employment Preparation Center Program Grant
GRANT FOCUS: Youth w/ Disabilities, Youth Employment, Job/Career Training | Amount: Up to $4,000,000 | Deadline: July 23, 2019
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3.9KNewsNew Mexico Program for Foster Youth Starts With Basic Needs
It has been a long haul for Melvin Lasiloo to get from where he started to attending community college classes in his...
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3.1KNewsChicago Benchmarking Collaborative: Data Project May Be Model for Other Nonprofits
A colorful mosaic of smiling children brightens the wall outside Christopher House near Logan Square in Chicago. Inside the building is a...
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4.5KGuest Opinion EssayBetter Supporting Youth Aging Out of Care Would Reap Rewards for All of Us
Imagine we could make sure that every young person transitioning out of foster care was able to graduate from high school and...
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2.3K► ReportsThe Condition of Education 2019
The National Center for Education Statistics releases its latest congressionally-mandated report on the national state of education using the most up-to-date data...
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4.0KGuest Opinion EssayCollege Campuses Must Be Redesigned With Foster Youth, Those With Disabilities in Mind
Owing to increased attention during recent decades, few professionals who are interested in the well-being of youth remain unaware of the challenges...
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3.3KNewsSocial Workers, Navigators Help Mississippi Foster Youth Transition To College
By the time she turned 6, Jessica Reese had been sexually abused repeatedly. Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services took Reese and...
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4.2KGuest Opinion EssayACEs Research Could Improve College Completion Rates for Foster Care Youth
For the past 13 years I have had the privilege of working with hundreds of students who enroll at our university. It...
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3.4KGuest Opinion EssayWe Must Change the Narrative About College With Youth Who Have Experienced Foster Care
While many high school seniors receive acceptance letters from colleges across the country this spring, young people who have experienced foster care...
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3.5KGuest Opinion EssayRight Relationships Crucial to Help Foster Youth Get Into, Through College
Having relationships with resourceful, knowledgeable individuals is important for the college success of young people with foster care histories. Put more simply,...
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2.9KNewsHomelessness Advocates Tell of New Successes Via State Legislation
Some laws can make life exceptionally difficult for homeless and runaway youth. Whether it’s requiring parental consent to receive health care or...
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1.3KGuest Opinion EssayBoost Education for Youth in Solitary With More Books, Workbooks, Graphic Novels, Audiobooks
Advocates often urge the dismantling of the school-to-prison pipeline. But for many of our youth, prisons are already their schools. In 1954,...
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3.6KNewsTrump Budget Would Kill After-school Funding, Leaving Providers Fearful
For the past two years it’s been a rite of spring for Trump to propose killing the program, for advocates to defend...
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24.4KGuest Opinion EssayYouth Aging Out of Foster Care Need a Runway, Not a Cliff
Toni should be celebrating. She’s part of a rarified group — the 10 percent of students at four-year public colleges who graduate...
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1.6KGrantsIL Early Childhood Education, Employment and Environment Program Grants
Subject: Education, Childhood Education, Employment, Job/Career Training, Environment | Deadline: May 3, 2019 (LOI) | Amount: Unspecified
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4.1KNewsFormer Foster Youth Working at Louisiana Legislature Help Promote Extending Care
Move over oil and gas power brokers. Take a seat, criminal justice advocates. The most influential lobbyists in Louisiana’s statehouse may be...
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1.2KGrantsHigh School Equivalent Education Access Program Grants
Subject: Education, Secondary/High School, GED, College Access, Employment | Deadline: Apr. 9, 2019 | Amount: $180,000 - $475,000
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7.5KGuest Opinion EssayYouth in Foster Care Need More Support in Transition to College
Going through the foster care system isn’t easy, but what happens to youth as they begin to transition into life outside foster...
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3.5KGuest Opinion EssayWe Must Help College Youth in Foster Care By Unearthing the Hard-to-find Resources They Need
Why did no one tell me? I’ve heard this question countless times. The last time it came from one of our foster...
