What We Do

• Advocating for Services: Attending school-based meetings to ensure students receive the right resources and support.
• Ensuring Accurate School Records: Helping schools obtain and transfer educational records quickly to minimize disruption in learning.
• Increasing Placement Stability: Working to reduce the number of school changes foster youth experience.
• Building Strong Partnerships: Strengthening collaboration with educators, caregivers, child welfare professionals, and community organizations.
• Coordinating Key Services: Providing access to case management, tutoring, work-based learning, connections to employers, and other essential services through our Workforce Program (link the “WP” page to the word).

Your Rights and Resources

• Educational Stability: You have the right to stay in your school of origin, even if your living situation changes, whenever it’s in your best interest.
• School Enrollment: Immediate enrollment in school is guaranteed, even without typical documents like immunization records.
• Support for Success: You are eligible for academic and emotional support services like tutoring, counseling, and access to post-secondary planning.

• Work closely with the school to ensure your child’s educational needs are met.
• Request help for special education services or other supports your child may need.
• Advocate for your child’s right to remain in their school of origin when it’s best for them.

• Be aware of the unique challenges foster youth face, including frequent school changes and trauma.
• Collaborate with FYSCP to provide a supportive, stable learning environment.
• Ensure that foster youth have access to programs like special education, tutoring, and extracurricular activities.

How We Help

• School Advocacy: Supporting foster youth during Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings, 504 Plan meetings, and other school-based interventions.
• Tutoring: Coordinating academic and social support programs to help students succeed.
• Vocational Training: Connecting youth with career training and skills for independence.
• Collaboration with LEAs: Partnering with local educational agencies to ensure foster youth receive necessary services and support.
• Capacity Building: Expanding the education community’s ability to meet the unique needs of foster youth through training, resources, and technical assistance.
• Improving Outcomes: Focusing on measurable improvements in academic achievement, graduation rates, and post-secondary success for foster youth.

Learn More

• California Foster Youth Services
• Data and Statistics on Foster Youth
• Foster Youth Education Rights
• FYSCP Technical Asssistance Program (TAP):Access training, tools, and resources designed to support educators. From professional development to advocacy materials, this site is your go-to hub for making a difference.