CE: Turning Dreams into Degrees: A Tool for Counties to Empower Caregivers in Supporting Foster Youth with College
A recent study found that youth who ever talked about college with their caregivers are over eight times more likely to expect to attend a four-year college than those who don’t. Findings such as these have led the Los Angeles County Department of Child and Family Services (LA DCFS) to require licensed caregivers to become trained on preparing foster youth for college, starting in middle school.
Please join John Burton Advocates for Youth (JBAY) for a web seminar to learn about the new curriculum for caregivers on post-secondary education that will be used in Los Angeles and is available statewide. Topics addressed will include:
• Research on the relationship between caregivers and college attendance;
• Information about LA DCFS' policy to require caregiver training on post-secondary education and how the training fits into the county’s larger strategy to achieve college success for its foster youth; and
• Information about how counties can provide this training to caregivers as part of the eight-hour annual Resource Family (RFA) training requirement.
Presenting on the web seminar will be representatives from John Burton advocates for Youth, LA DCFS, the Foster and Kinship Care Education (FKCE) Program, and UNITE-LA.Less
Register by clicking the link below.
CE Hours: 1.5
