Developing collaborative partnerships to improve educational outcomes for foster youth.

Developing collaborative

partnerships to improve

educational outcomes for foster youth

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San Francisco at a GlanceHow many foster youth are there? San Francisco County Dependents ……… In SFUSD……………………….……………

AfricanAmerican

Latino

White

Asian PacificIslander

NativeAmerican

Almost 1700

Between 600-700

San Francisco foster children placed in-county by age

San Francisco foster children placed in-county by ethnicity

Educational Outcomes

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SFUSD foster youth scoring proficient and above on CA Standardized Tests

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Educational Outcomes cont.

SFUSD foster youth passing the

CA High School Exit Exam

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10th - 12thGraders

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San Francisco County Partnerships

Policies• San Francisco County AB490 Interagency & Community Agreement• FCSHB Section 51-7 Sending and Receiving School Notification

(AB490/McKinney-Vento Act) • SFUSD Board Policy on Educating Foster Youth (pending)

Procedural Addendums• Education Order• TDM Checklist• Sending (1144) and Receiving (1145) Forms• Immediate Student Enrollment• Dispute Resolution Council

Funding• California Department of Education Foster Youth Services• Title IV-E Memorandum of Understanding • School-Based Older Youth Adoptions and Foster Parent Recruitment (Summer 09)

San Francisco County Partnerships

Student Level Supports• School-site Foster Youth Services Liaisons• Foster Youth Services MSW Interns• Foster Youth Clubs• Individualized Tutoring Services (SF-HSA, FYS, ILSP)• Guardian Scholars Summer Academy• Team Decision Making Meetings support• Foster Care Month Awareness Activities

San Francisco County Partnerships

Training• SF- HSA Program Managers• SFUSD Parent Liaisons• Juvenile Probation Intake Probation Officers • Juvenile Probation Judicial Officers• Foster Youth Services Liaisons • Alternative Family Services foster family agency staff • Honoring Emancipated Youth providers training • Group Home Providers• SF-HSA Foster Parents• San Francisco County Panel Attorneys

• ExCEL After School Program staff • SFUSD Administrative Assistants• CSUEB MSW students• Court Appointed Special Advocates• SFUSD Student Support Services Unit• SFUSD Middle School and High School Counselors• SF-HSA Unit Meetings• SF General Hospital Psychology students • Community College Foster Youth Success Initiative Region 4

San Francisco County Partnerships

Interagency Committees/Collaborative Meetings

• Foster Youth Services Program Steering Committee• AB490 Subcommittee• Honoring Emancipated Youth (HEY) Education Workgroup• HEY Foster Care Month Planning Group• Citywide Interagency Team• Foster Care Residential Taskforce• Breakthrough Series Collaborative: California Independent Living Program Transformation • SF-HSA Organizational Structure Workgroup • SF-HSA Team Decision Making Workgroup • Northern CA Educational Liaisons Meeting • SF-HSA Retention and Recruitment Workgroup • High Risk Interagency Council of San Francisco • Student Attendance Review Board• SFUSD Transitions Taskforce

Making the Case for School StabilityCase Studies

Oakland-SF-Contra Costa•  Determining best interests and

transportation

Oakland-Vallejo-JV 539• Maintaining school stability through selective

placement

Contact Information

Gloria Anthony-Oliver Maya WebbHSA Educational Liaison Foster Youth Services Coordinator

T: (415) 557-5305 T: (415) 242-2615, Ext. 3310

[email protected] F: (415) 242-2618 [email protected]

www.healthiersf.org

SF County Interagency and Community Agreement:

http://www.healthiersf.org/Resources/#fosterYouth