Activity 4
Web Resources
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Check out the following websites for a wide variety of information on
educational issues of youth in out-of-home care. Print it and place it in
your volunteer manual as a resource. It will also be available to you as a sidebar link
throughout the series.
Categories: General | Preschool | School Age | Aging Out
Certain websites will appear in more than one category. Within each category, the websites are listed in alphabetical order. The links below will open in a new window. To return to this page, close the window.
American Bar Association (ABA) Center on Children and the
Law
This site offers documentation of the ABA’s policies and standards of practice
related to children and child law. Also available are ABA positions on a great
number of child law issues ranging from foster care, to child custody
proceedings, to child protection.
http://www.abanet.org/child
Casey Family Programs
Casey Family Programs provide and improve—and ultimately prevent the need
for—foster care. The organization offers direct services for children, youth,
and families in the child welfare system and promotes advances in child welfare
practice and policy.
http://www.casey.org
Child Find
This site offers information and resources related to the earliest possible
identification of young children and their families who may benefit from early
intervention or education services. It is a component of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
http://www.childfindidea.org
Child Trends Data Bank
This site offers a series of reports on issues affecting children, from
substance abuse, to family environment, to education. "What Works" is a listing
of programs and interventions that may influence outcomes for children and
youth.
http://childtrendsdatabank.org/whatworks.cfm
Children’s Defense Fund (CDF)
The CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages
preventive investment before they get sick or into trouble, drop out of school,
or suffer family breakdown.
http://www.childrensdefense.org
Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA)
COPAA seeks to secure high-quality educational services for children with
disabilities. The site is a good resource for information on special education
laws, court decisions, and legal services.
http://copaa.net/index.html
IDEA Data
This site provides statistics on children with disabilities on a state-by-state
basis, per IDEA 1997. The law was significantly revised in 2004.
http://www.ideadata.org/tables24th/ar_aa3.htm
IDEA Data/Post 2004
This site contains information on IDEA following significant revision to the
law in 2004.
http://idea.ed.gov
IDEA Law & Policy Resources
This site contains links to the laws and policies that affect education for
disabled children, including training materials, memos from the U.S. Department
of Education, and reports to Congress, among other things.
http://www.cec.sped.org/law_res/doc/law/resources.php
Judicial Checklist: Meeting the Education Needs of Children and Youth in
Juvenile and Family Court
Judicial Checklists are drafted by nonprofit legal organizations such as
Casey Family Programs and TeamChild®. These drafts serve
as the foundation for the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
(NCJFCJ) to establish formal checklists or tools to educate judges and juvenile
courts about the educational needs of youth in foster care and to create shared
expectations within the system for educational outcomes.
http://www.NCJFCJ.org
Learning Disabilities Advocates Guide
This guide is a how-to reference for those who wish to advocate for individuals
with learning disabilities. It also includes IDEA updates.
http://www.ncld.org/images/stories/OnCapitolHill/PolicyRelatedPublications/LDAdvocateGuide/LDAdvocatesGuide.pdf
Learning Disabilities, National Center for (NCLD)
The NCLD works to ensure that those with learning disabilities have
opportunities to succeed in school, work, and life. The organization provides
information, advocacy, research, and programs for the learning disabled.
http://www.ncld.org
Literacy Connections
This site provides a wealth of information on reading, teaching and tutoring
techniques, ESL literacy, and adult literacy. It recommends resources that are
useful for teachers, volunteers, and directors of literacy programs. Topics
include the language experience approach, phonics, word study, and the best in
children's literature.
http://www.literacyconnections.com
Make a Difference in a Child’s Life and Toolkit for Change
TeamChild® and Casey Family Programs created this Toolkit to
help states develop resources and training on education advocacy. These tools
have been used successfully in Washington State to build capacity in
caregivers and social service providers to effectively advocate for a child's
education.
http://www.TeamChild®.org
Contact: Anne Lee, 206-322-2444
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
The McKinney-Vento Act attempts to remove barriers to a homeless youth’s
enrollment, attendance, or success in school. It also enables homeless youth to
make choices about school location and ensures that those wishes are met so
that they can gain access to free public education and services. The National
Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (NLCHP) is a legal organization that
seeks to end homelessness. It also monitors and enforces compliance with
McKinney-Vento.
http://www.nlchp.org
Pew Commission
The Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care was established to develop
recommendations to improve outcomes for children in the foster care system and
report on them.
http://www.pewfostercare.org
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
This site offers a state-by-state contact list of people who can help with
special education and rehabilitative services.
http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/monitor/state-contact-list.html
Student Achievement
This site offers information on national trends and state-by-state comparisons
of student achievement. Edweek requires membership, which is free, to access
the data.
http://www.edweek.org
TeamChild®
The TeamChild® organization believes that many juveniles can be
diverted from delinquency if basic needs are met. They work to get at the root
of a youth’s problems. TeamChild’s Educational Advocacy Project provides a
manual and training for foster parents, social workers, and others involved
with foster youth to help them be more effective advocates.
http://www.TeamChild.org
Washington Public Policy
The Washington State Legislature created the Washington State Institute for
Public Policy to carry out nonpartisan research on issues of importance to
people in the state. Current areas of staff expertise include education,
criminal justice, welfare, children and adult services, health, utilities, and
general government.
http://www.wsipp.wa.gov
Youth Law Center (YLC)
The YLC investigates, protects, improves, and monitors the treatment of kids in
out-of-home care. They also publish Getting out of the red zone: youth from the
juvenile justice and child welfare systems speak out about the obstacles to
completing their education and what could help.
http://www.ylc.org
Contact: Mamie Yee, 415-543-3379, ext. 3914
Action Alliance for Children
This is the reprint of an article that originally appeared in the July-August
2000 issue of the Children’s Advocate news magazine, published by Action
Alliance for Children: “Home language, school language: Preschool programs play
a key role in helping children learn English and the language of their
families.”
http://www.4children.org/news/700lange.htm
Early Head Start – National Resource Center – Zero to Three
This site is a storehouse of early childhood expertise that promotes building
of knowledge and sharing of information and is administered by the Zero to
Three organization.
http://www.ehsnrc.org
Illinois Early Learning
This early learning site includes ESL resources discussed during a live chat,
“Supporting the Literacy Development of Diverse Language Learners in Early
Childhood Classrooms.”
http://illinoisearlylearning.org
Success by 6
This program of United Way is the largest network of early childhood coalitions
in the nation. They are dedicated to improving access to services and
advocating for public policies that improve the lives of kids and families.
http://www.national.unitedway.org/sb6/
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
This site offers an overview of the Program for Infants and Toddlers with
Disabilities (Part C of IDEA), early intervention services for infants and
toddlers with disabilities, from birth through age two, and their families.
http://www.nectac.org/partc/ptcoverview.asp?text=1
Zero to Three
The Zero to Three organization is a national resource on the first years of
life for parents and professionals.
http://zerotothree.org
Colorin Colorado
Colorin Colorado provides information, activities, and advice for
Spanish-speaking parents and educators of English language learners.
http://www.colorincolorado.org/homepage.php
Endless Dreams Training and Video
The Endless Dreams curriculum educates classroom teachers, school
administrators, and other staff about the unique needs and academic challenges
of youth in out-of-home care and shows how to improve their educational
outcomes. For a copy of the Endless Dreams video,
please call Debbie Staub.
http://www.casey.org
Contact: Debbie Staub, Manager K-12 Education, 206-282-7300
Literacy Connections
This site provides a wealth of information on reading, teaching and tutoring
techniques, ESL literacy, and adult literacy. It recommends resources that are
useful for teachers, volunteers, and directors of literacy programs. Topics
include the language experience approach, phonics, word study, and the best in
children's literature.
http://www.literacyconnections.com
Make a Difference in a Child’s Life and Toolkit for Change
TeamChild® and Casey Family Programs created this Toolkit to
help states develop resources and training on education advocacy. These tools
have been used successfully in Washington State to build capacity in
caregivers and social service providers to effectively advocate for a child's
education.
http://www.TeamChild.org
Contact: Anne Lee, 206-322-2444
TeamChild®
The TeamChild® organization believes that many juveniles can be
diverted from delinquency if basic needs are met. They work to get at the root
of a youth’s problems. TeamChild’s Educational Advocacy Project provides a
manual and training for foster parents, social workers, and others involved
with foster youth to help them be more effective advocates.
http://www.TeamChild®.org
TRIO Programs
TRIO Programs are educational opportunity and outreach programs that motivate
and support students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Their goals are to
increase enrollment and graduation from undergraduate and graduate-level
programs by youth from low-income backgrounds by providing educational
opportunities regardless of race, ethnic background, or economic circumstances.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/trio/index.html
Aging Out
Ansell-Casey Life Skills Assessment
Ansell-Casey provides free assessments, learning plans, and life skills
guidebooks to help prepare youth for successful adulthood.
http://www.caseylifeskills.org
Casey Family Scholars Program of the Orphan Foundation of America (OFA)
OFA helps parentless teens, orphans, and foster youth, as they transition from
care to young adulthood, with emphasis on attending college and vocational
school. The
Casey Family Scholars Program provides scholarships to youth currently or
formerly in foster care and ongoing support for their college success.
http://www.orphan.org
Chafee Independence Program of the Foster Care Independence Act (FCIA, 1999)
The John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program funds state programs that
provide independent living services to youth who are or have been in
out-of-home care. The National Resource Center for Youth Services’ (NRCYS)
website has information on each state’s implementation of the Chafee Act (go to
the Youth Development section and click on State-by-State).
http://www.nrcys.ou.edu
Endless Dreams Training and Video
The Endless Dreams curriculum educates classroom teachers, school
administrators, and other staff about the unique needs and academic challenges
of youth in out-of-home care and shows how to improve their educational
outcomes. For a copy of the Endless Dreams video,
please call Debbie Staub.
http://www.casey.org
Contact: Debbie Staub, Manager K-12 Education, 206-282-7300
Gear Up
This U.S. Department of Education discretionary grant program commits itself to
increasing the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and
succeed in postsecondary education.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/gearup/index.html
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
The McKinney-Vento Act attempts to remove barriers to a homeless youth’s
enrollment, attendance, or success in school. It also enables homeless youth to
make choices about school location and ensures that those wishes are met so
that they can gain access to free public education and services. The National
Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (NLCHP) is a legal organization that
seeks to end homelessness. It also monitors and enforces compliance with
McKinney-Vento.
http://www.nlchp.org
TRIO Programs
TRIO Programs are educational opportunity and outreach programs that motivate
and support students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Their goals are to
increase enrollment and graduation from undergraduate and graduate-level
programs by youth from low-income backgrounds by providing educational
opportunities regardless of race, ethnic background, or economic circumstances.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/trio/index.html
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