Educational Stability for Connecticut Children and Youth in Foster Care
December 02, 2008
Hartford, Connecticut
The Annie E. Casey Foundation/Casey Family Services and Connecticut Voices for Children sponsored this forum to raise public awareness about the link between permanence and educational outcomes for children and youth in foster care, and to stimulate dialogue and collaboration regarding the implementation of the federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, the most significant reform of child welfare legislation in more than a decade.
Materials
Download the event program (PDF).
View the speaker biographies (PDF).
Download “Promoting Education Stability for Children in Foster Care: HB 3075 and the Oregon Experience,” (PDF) a report by Brian Baker of the Juvenile Rights Project, Inc.
View the presentation, “School Mobility and the Educational Experiences of Children in Out-of-Home Care: A Summary of the Research” (PDF), by Cheryl Smithgall of the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago.
Review a series of questions and answers regarding the education provisions of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 from the Legal Center for Foster Care & Education.
Review a summary of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 from the Children’s Defense Fund and the Center for Law and Social Policy.
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foster care,
connecticut,
fostering connections to success act,
educational stability
