Fostering Connections Act and Strengthening Families Act
The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act was signed into law on October 7, 2008, as Public Law 110-351. It’s many provisions includes requirements to increase Educational Stability. These requirements add travel to and from school in the foster care maintenance payment definition, adds a case plan requirement to ensure educational stability for children in foster care, and requires that the title IV-E agency ensure that each child receiving a payment under the title IV-E plan is attending school full time or has completed secondary school.
Sustaining Momentum: Sustaining Educational Stability for Young People in Foster Care
October 01, 2014Reports and information from the Legal Center on Foster Children and Education and the Annie E. Casey Foundation: Sustaining Momentum: Sustaining Educational Stability for Young People in Foster Care
How the IDEA and the Fostering Connections Act can Work Together to Ensure School Stability and Seamless Transitions for Children with Disabilities in the Child Welfare System
September 01, 2012From the Legal Center on Foster Children and Education and the Annie E. Casey Foundation: How the IDEA and the Fostering Connections Act can Work Together to Ensure School Stability and Seamless Transitions for Children with Disabilities in the Child Welfare System
Fostering Success in Education: National Fact Sheet on the Educational Outcomes of Children in Foster Care
January 01, 2014From the Legal Center on Foster Children and Education and the Annie E. Casey Foundation: Fostering Success in Education: National Fact Sheet on the Educational Outcomes of Children in Foster Care