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ERIC Number: ED616065
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Jul
Pages: 122
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-
EISSN: N/A
Fostering Opportunities Program Manual: Middle and High School Version. Report No. 105A
Clemens, Elysia V.; Sheesley, Alison P.
Online Submission
Fostering Opportunities is an innovative student engagement program for middle school and high school students who have experienced foster care. The goal of the program is to help youth who have experienced foster care be successful in school and ultimately earn a high school credential. Fostering Opportunities was developed because of the clear need to improve high school graduation rates for students in foster care. The percentage of youth in foster care who graduate with their class varies throughout the nation, but typically ranges from 23% to 63%. With the goal of supporting the unique population of students in foster care, Fostering Opportunities was conceptualized, developed, and piloted in Jefferson County, Colorado, a geographically diverse, 890-square-mile area. Although Jefferson County was an early adopter of implementing the foster care educational stability provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the majority of foster students in the area still change schools with each foster care placement because the commute time to remain in their schools of origin is too long. With its highly mobile student population, Jefferson County provided an ideal setting to develop the Fostering Opportunities program in alignment with ESSA, starting with a pilot program in 2015 that served elementary students. Then, beginning in 2018, lessons learned from the elementary pilot informed and shaped the development of the current pilot program that serves middle and high school students. [The development of the Fostering Opportunities Program Manual was funded by the Community First Foundation.]
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools; Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: University of Denver, Colorado Evaluation and Action Lab
Identifiers - Location: Colorado
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Every Student Succeeds Act 2015
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A