Fostering Connections
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
Federal Highlights
- Statutory Language and Administrative Guidance
- ACF Program Instruction
- HHS Joint Letter on Education Requirements
- HHS & DOE State Team Website /li>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>>/>
Factsheets/Checklists
FERPA
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
State Team Convening
The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Education co-hosted an invitation-only convening in November 2011 on foster care and education with representatives from courts, child welfare and education.
IDEA
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Stakeholder Factsheets
McKinney Vento
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Education Act
- Q&A Overlap Between McKinney-Vento and Fostering Connections
- Clearing the Path to School Success for Children in Out-of-Home Care
- School Selection for Children in Out-of-Home Care
- When Working Together Works
- The McKinney-Vento Act and Children and Youth Awaiting Foster Care Placement: Strategies for Improving Educational Outcomes Through School Stability
- State Chart -- Providing School Stability Through McKinney-Vento – “Awaiting Foster Care Placement”
- Educational Stability and Continuity for Children and Youth in Out-of-Home Care