California became the first state to commit to improving the educational outcomes of students in foster care.

 

Most notably, the Local Control Funding Formula:

• Adds foster youth as a subgroup to the the Academic Performance Index (API).
• Requires school districts to detail their academic goals for foster youth in their LCAPs
• Includes foster youth as one of three subgroups of at-risk students for which school districts receive supplemental and concentration funding.
• Requires that the California Department of Education be responsible for regularly informing school districts which of their students are in foster care.

Check out these sample LCAP Plans for Foster Youth

State, Districts Struggle to Support Foster Youth 

EdSource, September 15, 2014

 

Foster Youth Become Focus of California's Schools 

Associated Press, July 13, 2014

 

Outreach to Foster Youth Complicated LCFF 

SI&A Cabinet Report, June 2, 2014

 

Where Foster Kids Live Affects School Performance, Report Says 

EdSource, May 22, 2014

 

Reaching and Teaching Children That Hurt: Understanding Trauma [PPT]

Lisa Arieta Hayes, Ed.D.

LCAP Workshop, Foster Youth Services, SCCOE, April 22, 2014

 

Districts Develop Goals for Foster Youth 

EdSource, April 7, 2014

 

Fostering Allies 

Teaching Tolerance, Summer 2013

10 Facts Every Foster Youth Should Know  

Office of the Foster Care Ombudsman

 

The California Foster Youth Education Task Force

 

California's New Local Control Funding Formula: Overview of Provisions for Foster Youth  

California Foster Youth Education Task Force

 

California's New Local Control Funding Formula: Foster Youth Provisions - Next Steps for School Districts 

California Foster Youth Education Task Force

 

Foster Youth Care Under the LCFF - FAQ 

California Department of Education

 

Foster Youth Fact Sheet 

California School Boards Association, December 2013

   

At Greater Risk: California Foster Youth and the Path from High School to College 

Stuart Foundation, 2013

 

Declaration of Hope 

Casey Family Programs, 2014

 

The Invisible Achievement Gap: Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care in California's Public Schools (Part 1)  

Center for Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd, 2013

 

The Invisible Achievement Gap: How the Foster Care Experiences of California Public School Students Are Associated with Their Education Outcomes (Part 2) 

Center for Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd and the California Child Welfare Indicators Project, 2014

CDE's Foster Youth Services

 

The California Foster Youth Education Task Force 

  

California School Boards Association's Foster and Homeless Youth Resources 

  

California Youth Connection    FosterEd     Foster Ed Connect    Santa Clara COE's Foster Youth and Homeless Education Services