developing collaborative partnerships to improve educational outcomes for foster youth
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Developing collaborative
partnerships to improve
educational outcomes for foster youth
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San Francisco at a GlanceHow many foster youth are there? San Francisco County Dependents ……… In SFUSD……………………….……………
AfricanAmerican
Latino
White
Asian PacificIslander
NativeAmerican
Almost 1700
Between 600-700
San Francisco foster children placed in-county by age
San Francisco foster children placed in-county by ethnicity
Educational Outcomes
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ELA Math
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SFUSD foster youth scoring proficient and above on CA Standardized Tests
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Educational Outcomes cont.
SFUSD foster youth passing the
CA High School Exit Exam
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10th - 12thGraders
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San Francisco County Partnerships
Policies• San Francisco County AB490 Interagency & Community Agreement• FCSHB Section 51-7 Sending and Receiving School Notification
(AB490/McKinney-Vento Act) • SFUSD Board Policy on Educating Foster Youth (pending)
Procedural Addendums• Education Order• TDM Checklist• Sending (1144) and Receiving (1145) Forms• Immediate Student Enrollment• Dispute Resolution Council
Funding• California Department of Education Foster Youth Services• Title IV-E Memorandum of Understanding • School-Based Older Youth Adoptions and Foster Parent Recruitment (Summer 09)
San Francisco County Partnerships
Student Level Supports• School-site Foster Youth Services Liaisons• Foster Youth Services MSW Interns• Foster Youth Clubs• Individualized Tutoring Services (SF-HSA, FYS, ILSP)• Guardian Scholars Summer Academy• Team Decision Making Meetings support• Foster Care Month Awareness Activities
San Francisco County Partnerships
Training• SF- HSA Program Managers• SFUSD Parent Liaisons• Juvenile Probation Intake Probation Officers • Juvenile Probation Judicial Officers• Foster Youth Services Liaisons • Alternative Family Services foster family agency staff • Honoring Emancipated Youth providers training • Group Home Providers• SF-HSA Foster Parents• San Francisco County Panel Attorneys
• ExCEL After School Program staff • SFUSD Administrative Assistants• CSUEB MSW students• Court Appointed Special Advocates• SFUSD Student Support Services Unit• SFUSD Middle School and High School Counselors• SF-HSA Unit Meetings• SF General Hospital Psychology students • Community College Foster Youth Success Initiative Region 4
San Francisco County Partnerships
Interagency Committees/Collaborative Meetings
• Foster Youth Services Program Steering Committee• AB490 Subcommittee• Honoring Emancipated Youth (HEY) Education Workgroup• HEY Foster Care Month Planning Group• Citywide Interagency Team• Foster Care Residential Taskforce• Breakthrough Series Collaborative: California Independent Living Program Transformation • SF-HSA Organizational Structure Workgroup • SF-HSA Team Decision Making Workgroup • Northern CA Educational Liaisons Meeting • SF-HSA Retention and Recruitment Workgroup • High Risk Interagency Council of San Francisco • Student Attendance Review Board• SFUSD Transitions Taskforce
Making the Case for School StabilityCase Studies
Oakland-SF-Contra Costa• Determining best interests and
transportation
Oakland-Vallejo-JV 539• Maintaining school stability through selective
placement
Contact Information
Gloria Anthony-Oliver Maya WebbHSA Educational Liaison Foster Youth Services Coordinator
T: (415) 557-5305 T: (415) 242-2615, Ext. 3310
[email protected] F: (415) 242-2618 [email protected]
www.healthiersf.org
SF County Interagency and Community Agreement:
http://www.healthiersf.org/Resources/#fosterYouth