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National Working Group

10/1/2014

Sustaining Momentum Improving Educational Stability for Youth in Foster Care

Yanthy Yahya

This new report is about education stability for children in foster care. It details progress made around education stability for youth in foster care in the years since the 2008 passage of Fostering Connections and the challenges still to be overcome to improve education for these young people. 

1/28/2014

Group Schools Hill Staffers on Foster Youths’ Educational Struggles

John Kelly

A national working group conducted back-to-back briefings with Capitol Hill staffers on Jan. 28th, urging them to consider how the federal government can help improve the flow and quality of education for children in the foster care system.

1/26/2014

Education and Child Welfare Advocates to Give Members of Congress Lesson on Students in Foster Care

Daniel Heimpel

On Tuesday Jan. 28th, the National Working Group on Foster Care and Education will hold two briefings on the educational achievement of students in foster care in Washington D.C. The briefings will explore the continued barriers to improving the educational outcomes of students in foster care, and offer some solutions that have been found on the state and local level.

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