Developed by the Family Engagement Network. FEN is supported by the Department of Special Education and Student Services, VDOE (October 2019)
Two checklists are designed to support kinship caregivers and school personnel.
Accessible versions of both Checklists are also available.
Checklist for Kinship Caregivers Working with Schools
Checklist for Kinship Caregivers Working with Schools- Accessible version
School Checklist for Working with Caregivers
School Checklist for Working with Caregivers- Accessible version
From The Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network: A National Technical Assistance Center:
This fact sheet on Partnering with Schools offers key takeaways from the second of five sessions for social service professionals who want to improve outreach to kin caregivers, conducted in 2024. The fact sheet gives suggestions for how kinship caregivers and kinship organizations can partner with schools, and overviews a tiered approach to engaging kinship caregivers in schools.
Partnering with Schools fact sheet for kinship
Weblink to fact sheet
This webinar broadcast live on September 26, 2024, addressed ways that foster, adoptive and kinship families can build collaborative relationships with teachers and school staff.
Presented by Stacia Stribling, PhD, Deputy Director of Formed Families Forward.
Recording of Webinar
Presentation slides
A fact sheet developed by Formed Families Forward for the Parent Educational Adocacy and Training Center (PEATC)’s WAZE to Adulthood project. This fact sheet offers tips and best practices for implementing strong transition planning for youth and young adults with disabilities who are also in foster care. Virginia-specific policies and resources are provided.
Designed for parents, caregivers, professional partners and others.
Planning for Transition IEPs fact sheet
This Guide from Virginia Family Special Education Connection offers families and professionals links to state- and local-specific resources for enrolling students, education, medical care, mental health, transitioning students to post-secondary settings, courts, and other areas.
Updated Summer 2023
Website resource
Flyer
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) information on who is considered “Parent” for financial aid.
If you are considered a dependent student for FAFSA® purposes, you will need to provide information about your legal parent(s) on the application. A legal parent is your biological or adoptive parent, or your legal parent as determined by the state (for example, if the parent is listed on your birth certificate). If you have a stepparent currently married to your legal parent, you generally also must provide information about him or her.
More info and how to apply
Helping Youth Transition to Adulthood: Guidance for Foster Parents, a fact sheet of Child Welfare Information Gateway.
This factsheet provides guidance on how foster parents can help youth build a foundation for a successful transition to adult life outside of foster care. It describes the challenges youth face, how the adolescent brain affects them during this time, and Federal laws and programs. It also provides concrete ways they can partner with youth.
