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EDUCATION, ADVOCACY & SUPPORT FOR GRANDFAMILIES & KINSHIP CARE!
EDUCATION
Including:
Please click on each subpage underneath EDUCATIONAL to find out more about each level of education your child may go through IF they are struggling academically. I will also include at some point, POST-high school services but that will be coming later.
The links I've included below are for general access to your particular school district. I would highly recommend that IF you are caring for kin/grandchildren in ANY capacity.....reach out to your school counselor and principal and make them aware of this fact. If you need ANY assistance in navigating the school system or sending emails, etc. please REACH out to us as I am a former special educator of 17 years or.....there are some educational assistance organizations I've included below that you can call for help also! There is ALWAYS an answer to that one question you may not know the answer to!
​According to Educational Stability Requirements from ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act), a student is entitled to enroll or remain in their school of origin, unless a determination is made that it is not in the student’s best interest to attend the school of origin. (school of origin is the school that the student is enrolled in at the time the student comes into foster care or changes placement).
If it is not in the student’s best interest to remain in the school of origin, then the student is to be immediately enrolled in the receiving school even without the normal school records. The receiving school must immediately contact the school last attended by the student to obtain the student’s records.
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TO ASSIST THE CHILD IN RECEIVING WHAT THEY NEED TO TRANSFER BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND/OR FOR HELP WITH YOUR CHILD IF THEY ARE IN YOUR CARE AND IN FOSTER CARE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE "CONTACT" PERSONS BELOW FOR ASSISTANCE!
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EDUCATIONAL LIASIONS AS WELL AS THE DCF DIRECTORS OF EACH REGION ARE LISTED. IF YOUR CHILD IS HAVING DIFFICULTIES, PLEASE CALL OR SEND THEM AN EMAIL AND REQUEST THAT SOMEONE ASSIST YOUR CHILD!
EDUCATION FOR KIDS STILL IN FOSTER CARE