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School Stability for Children in Foster Care: How Child Welfare and Education Agencies Can Work TogetherImplementing the education provisions of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 requires that education and child welfare agencies collaborate.
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School Stability under Fostering Connections: Making Best Interests Decisions
Before a child in foster care can change or remain in the same school, the child welfare agency must make a best interests determination. Learn what's involved in that decision.
School Stability under Fostering Connections: Laws and Policies
Explore the legislation, interagency collaborations, and agreements needed to implement best interest decisions that a child in foster care should remain in the same school.
Children's School Experiences upon Entering Foster Care: Study Reveals Challenges and Suggests Practice Tips
Researchers found children placed directly into the Illinois child welfare system face school challenges on several fronts -- preparedness, enrollment, stability, and behavior.
Take Me Higher: Helping Foster Youth Pursue Higher Education
Older youth leaving foster care can go to college with the right supports and guidance.
