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All posts tagged "foster care education project"
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4.6KFrom the BureausTo Help Foster Youth With Education, More Data, Analysis Needed, Experts Say
Nine percent of foster youth who are in middle school in New York City are proficient in math compared to approximately 40%...
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4.6KGuest Opinion EssayCollege Students With Homelessness, Foster Care Backgrounds Need Help Building Network
Earlier this year we wrote a column in Youth Today about the barriers faced by college students who had experienced homelessness or...
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3.8KGuest Opinion EssayCollege Campus Support Programs Are Strong Model of Services Helping Foster Youth
Most research shows that obtaining a college degree will lead to higher lifetime earnings than possessing only a high school diploma. However,...
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5.6KGuest Opinion EssayHow to Prepare Foster Care Adolescents for Post-Secondary Education
Access to post-secondary education is a common goal for many adolescents. Appropriate assistance from a knowledgeable adult is critical for successful navigation...
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6.4KFrom the BureausFor Youth In Foster Care in New York City, Anxieties Over College, Aging Out Remain
They had it all planned out. Christina Young and her roommate would share an Uber together and make sure they got to...
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3.8KGuest Opinion EssayResearchers, Social Workers, Foster Youth in College Need to Work Together
In the past few years, the pathways and lives of adults with experience in foster care have increasingly been a prominent concern...
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3.3KNews2 Sisters, 2 Foster Care Tales
Two sisters illustrate two different paths through foster care. Melody McLaurin emancipated herself from foster care at 18 and received benefits from...
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4.8KGuest Opinion EssayThese Tools Help Coach College Youth Aged Out of Foster Care to Develop Relationships
What does it take to engage students who age out of foster care into supportive relationships on the college campus? It helps...
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4.0KNewsYouth in Foster Care Navigate Challenges As They Look Toward College
Julia, 16, a high school senior in Alpharetta, Ga., knows where she wants to go to college: It’s Georgia State University in...
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4.5KNewsCampus Coaches Make Crucial Difference to Foster Youth in College
Liz Burns, 22, was in the middle of a crazy-busy time at college. But, for some reason, she couldn’t stop thinking about...
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2.9KGuest Opinion EssayFoster Youth: Campus, Community Interventions Hold Great Potential to Impact Their College Graduation Rates
With growing awareness of the challenges young people with experience in foster care face in accessing and completing college, it is more...
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3.7KGuest Opinion EssayUsing Strengths Framework Helps Foster Youth Achieve Their Higher Education Goals
Youth in foster care have educational aspirations much like youth who have not been in care, with 70-80% of foster youth reporting...
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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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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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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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6.5KGuest Opinion EssayTransition to Adulthood For Youth Leaving Care Can Be Made Smoother, Safer
Avid cyclists understand if anyone spends enough time riding a bicycle, they will crash at some point. Crashes are more likely for...
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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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3.9KGuest Opinion EssayThe Self-sufficiency of Youth in Care Can Hurt Them in College
Students who have experienced foster care or homelessness are often doing it all: managing complicated and ever-changing family situations, carrying out adult-level...
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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...
