Post Secondary Success for Foster Care Youth/Alumni
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1) The document discusses improving college access and success for students from foster care through various means such as financial aid options, expanding partnerships, and providing institutional and state supports. 2) It outlines four key federal policies that impact postsecondary education opportunities for foster youth, including the Chafee Education and Training Vouchers and Fostering Connections to Success Act. 3) Examples are given of specific programs established across several states that aim to support foster youth through higher education.
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- 1. From Foster Care To & Through Postsecondary Education & Training: Advances & Exemplars or….. Relationships Matter! Ohio Reach May 16, 2011
- 2. Graduating from college meant that I won. My father was wrong when he said I wouldn’t amount to anything. Most of all, it meant that I would gain the knowledge to use my experience to help other people. College meant freedom from my past and the ability to choose my future. Maria, 2008 college graduate from foster care *Photo courtesy of Orphan Foundation of America ( www.orphan.org ). 2008 Casey/OFA Scholar
- 3. Improving College Access & Success for Students from Foster Care by….. Financial Aid Options & Packaging Expanding Collaborative Partnerships Forming Institutional Supports & Systems Collaborations Spreading Information, Tools & Consultation Providing State & Federal Policy Informing
- 4. Higher Education Advocates for the Improvement of College Outcomes for Students from Foster Care
- 9. Austin Community College’s Foster Care Alumni Program: “Campus Champions”
- 10. Rob ..Austin Community College Automotive Technology program student and FCA luggage drive coordinator. FCA JUMPSTART ORIENTATION 2011 4 Day Workshop Tuesday, July 12 - Friday, July 15, 2011
- 11. Supporting Success: Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Students from Foster Care (Version 2.0) A Framework for Program Enhancement Available free from Casey Family Programs www.casey.org/Resources/Publications/SupportingSuccess.htm
- 13. Providing Effective Financial Aid Assistance to Students from Foster Care and Unaccompanied Homeless Youth www.casey.org/Resources/Publications/
Editor's Notes
- Forming Collaborative Partnerships: National = higher education consortium, DOE/OPE data collection and reporting State = DSHS/CA/DHS & higher education collaborations & advocates (7 states) = systems improvements CONVENINGS Institutional = housing during breaks, counseling visits extension (SU), meals cards/Culinary Arts program Expanding Financial Aid Options: ETV = OFA Pell State Need Grants Waivers Scholarships (public & private) Issue = packaging and loan Informing Federal & State Policy FED Fostering Connections to Success & Increasing Adoptions Act College Cost Reductions Act HEOA (reauthorized) = appendix A pg. 65 Chafee ETV STATE (LEGISLATIVE CHAMPIONS!) Tuition waivers Medicaid extension Foster care til age 21 Data sharing/ student verification of FC status = WA
- Foster Care Independence Act of 1999: Provides for flexible funding for distribution to States through grants for program services for youth. Provides opportunities for States to serve youth who are likely to remain in foster care and those who have aged out of foster care up to 21 years of age. Enables youth to make better choices and accept greater responsibility for their own lives. Enables older youth (18-21) to receive housing assistance if needed. Provides States the option of allowing these young people to remain eligible for Medicaid up to age 21 (TX Senate Bill 6 – 2005).
- Fostering Connections (2008) requires as part of the case review system that at least 90 days before a youth is discharged from care at age 18 or older, a transition plan is developed with the youth. The plan must include the youth’s educational plans and status and should include information about the supports and services that may be needed to achieve those goals. College Cost Reduction Act (2008) This provision significantly increases the number of former and current youth in care who may fall into this category. If a youth is considered “ independent,” only the youth’s income, not that of a parent or guardian, is considered in determining eligibility for financial aid.
- HEOA - The law now requires that “the Secretary shall, as appropriate, require each applicant for funds under the [TRIO] program… to identify and make available services under such program, including mentoring , tutoring , and other services provided by such program , to foster care youth (including youth in care and youth who have left care after reaching age 13) ..”. FIPSE = (12) the provision of support and assistance for demonstration projects to provide comprehensive support services to ensure that homeless students, or students who were in foster care or were a ward of the court at any time before the age of 13 , enroll and succeed in postsecondary education, including providing housing to such students during periods when housing at the institution of higher education is closed or generally unavailable to other students; Furthermore, the law makes homeless children and youth, or youth in foster care (including youth who have left foster care after reaching age 13), automatically eligible for all TRIO programs . Finally, and importantly, the law also makes clear that Student Support Services funds can be used for “ securing temporary housing during breaks in the academic year.
- Spreading Support Approaches/Collaborations ACC – academic advisors (NACADA)