Our vision is that all youth in foster care receives the best education and is fully equipped to thrive in college, career, and life. We accomplish this be solving educational displacement youth in foster care experience by providing personalized, evidence-informed, education coaching over the web.
Give Something Back (Give Back) provides college scholarships and mentoring to students who have faced economic hardship and other adversities such as foster care or the incarceration of a parent.
Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) is an initiative to provide housing assistance and supportive services to at-risk young adults aging out of foster care. Under this initiative, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will provide additional funding to public housing authorities (PHAs) to prevent homelessness in young adults aged 18 to 25.
This brief highlights actions that child welfare systems can take to prevent young people who have experienced foster care from becoming homeless, regardless of how they exited. This is the seventh in a series of briefs from Voices of Youth Count.
Hire Purpose directly employs current and former foster youth (age 18 and over) who are interested in working as an executive recruiter. Human Resources is an exciting career and we will hire ANY foster youth that meets the age requirement. ALL training is provided. Our goal is to partner with foster youth to help bring independence and stability to their…
Pockets Change is changing the way finance is taught through hip hop pedagogy. Teaming up with communities across the country, our in-person workshops and online lessons go beyond the budget sheet to develop financial habits that align with students’ goals and values. Understanding our finances impacts more than our wallets, it’s critical to self-advocacy and promoting social justice.
In this first-of-its-kind report, the Annie E. Casey Foundation draws on a new source of national and state-level data to illustrate the experience of transitioning from foster care to adulthood. It’s critical that all stakeholders understand the experiences of young people transitioning from foster care in America if outcomes are to improve.
Lifetime Training Solutions® (LTS) provides relevant, interactive, and trackable online training for youth and adults in transitional situations. Whether for youth moving toward self-sufficiency or for adults looking to re-enter the job market on a better footing, Lifetime Training Solutions provides critical life skills, 21st century professional soft skills, and career training products that empower independence.
Smart Horizons Career Online High School (SHCOHS) is an AdvancED/SACS/NCA/NWAC-accredited career online high school diploma program.
This paper is an overview of the elements that support foster youth as they enter and manage their education at the college level.