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Effective Collaborations focused on Youth in Care

Need for Services. Many foster youth

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Effective Collaborations focused on Youth in Care

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    1. Effective Collaborations focused on Youth in Care Facilitator: Jacqueline Thu-Huong Wong, MSW, PPSC CDE Foster Youth Services Panelists: Carrie Bloxom, Kern County System of Care ,DREAM Center Betsy DeGarmoe, LCSW, PPSC, Orange County COE Foster Youth Services Michelle Lustig, MSW, Ed.D, San Diego COE Foster Youth Services Carrie Miller, PhD, Los Angeles Education Coordinating Council

    2. Need for Services Many foster youth…. Function below the grade level Move at least once a year and/or attend multiple schools Qualify for special education services, but high mobility interferes with timely and appropriate school placement 50% of foster youth do not graduate from high school 40% of homeless youth were in foster care

    3. Kern County Dream Center

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