Education System Collaborations to Increase Educational Stability
Education System Collaborations to Increase Educational Stability - The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Children's Bureau (CB) announces the availability of 24-month infrastructure building grants to support collaborative initiatives between State, local, or tribal child welfare agencies and education systems to improve educational stability and permanency outcomes for middle- to high-school aged children in the child welfare system. Educational services are crucial supports for many families adopting children from foster care, especially children who have special education needs or extensive mental health treatment needs. Through this funding opportunity communities can develop infrastructure to address barriers to permanency for youth, as well as implement multi-disciplinary interventions to improve the socio-emotional and behavioral well-being of youth in care. Applicants will propose viable partnerships between child welfare agencies, local education districts, and identified critical stakeholders, such as courts and health and mental health agencies, to ensure youth in care are afforded the ability to succeed and thrive in educational settings to facilitate permanency, including adoption, and other post-permanency supports. Multi-system partnerships and meaningful collaborations between child welfare and education and other youth-serving systems are essential to ensure youth in care are afforded the ability to succeed and thrive in educational settings to facilitate permanency, including adoption, and other post-permanency supports. Application Due Date: May 29, 2012. |