States have undertaken a variety of strategies to implement the new Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (PL 110-351). Here you will find selected examples of state and tribal approaches related to implementing the new law, or you can search by state.

Educational Stability

• Colorado's educational stability efforts
  In 2008, House Bill 1019 created a child welfare education liaison designated by each school district and state charter school institute. The child welfare education liaisons collaborate with child placement agencies, county departments, the state...
• Delaware's educational improvements for youth in foster care
  In 2004, Delaware passed HB 279 requiring Deleware's Department of Services for Children, Youth and Families and the Department of Education to implement practices pertaining to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Educational Assistance Improvement Act to...
• Illinois' use of technology to ensure educational stability
  Illinois has a geographic information systems (GIS) application called "SchoolMinder." This GIS technology helps identify available foster homes that are near both the child's current educational setting and the home from which he or she was remo...
• Kansas' educational stability indicators
  Educational stability is currently managed in Kansas on an aggregate level using the American Bar Association's indicators of success. One such indicator is: How many children are attending the same school as they were prior to entering care? ...
• Texas supports educational specialists to address educational needs of children in foster care
  Texas was found to be in substantial conformity on the education outcome in the federal on-site Child and Family Service Review (CFSR) in March 2008. In Texas, strong cross system collaborations between DFPS and school districts help improve the e...
• Tennessee's educational stability efforts
  Currently, DCS has fifteen regional education specialists who work closely with school systems to ensure that each child remains in his/her current school if possible. These specialists advocate for education stability at Child and Family Team mee...
• Wisconsin's educational stability efforts
  To help facilitate educational transitions for youth in care, Wisconsin has developed a guide for child welfare and educational departments, which offers solutions to improve cross-systems collaboration. In response to P.L. 110-351, DCF will updat...

Enrollment In School

There are currently no approaches identified for this provision.

Education-Related Reimbursements

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