FosterEd Initiative Module #2: Monitoring and Facilitating Learning Introduction for Mentors: This module focuses on helping educational champions monitor, facilitate, and support the child’s learning. When parents pro

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Building a Bridge to High-Quality Child Care for Foster Children Child Care for Foster Children: An Overview When children are removed from their parents due to abuse and neglect, they are in crisis and need a safe, lovi

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Foster Care and Adoption Legislation in the 113th Congress H.R. 1464: North Korean Child Welfare Act of 2012 Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward

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FosterEd Initiative BELIEFS, EXPECTATIONS, AND ASPIRATIONS ABOUT EDUCATION– TIPS FOR EDUCATIONAL CHAMPIONS WHO ARE NON-CAREGIVERS Note: These are all strategies that you can try even though you and the child do not liv

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FosterEd Initiative COMMUNICATION WITH CHILD AND SCHOOL – TIPS FOR EDUCATIONAL CHAMPIONS WHO ARE CAREGIVERS Communication with the Child Talk to the child regularly about what is happening at school. Talk to the child

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Using Integrated Recruitment and Support TO BUILD A STRONG POOL OF FOSTER, ADOPTIVE, AND KINSHIP FAMILIES What do we mean by “integrated recruitment and support”? In many child welfare systems, recruitment of foster,

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New CalWORKs Time Limit on Aid As of July 1, 2011, California law will only allow adults to get 48 months of CalWORKs cash aid. (The old law allowed for 60 months.) The state will count all months of aid that you got as

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• Family
• Human behavior
• Welfare in California
• CalWORKs
• Government of California
• Child support
• Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act
• Foster care
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

FosterEd Initiative EDUCATION RECORDS AND CREDITS – TIPS FOR EDUCATIONAL CHAMPIONS WHO ARE CAREGIVERS Understand that reviewing the child’s school records and report cards is an important part of supporting the child

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FosterEd Initiative OBTAINING ACADEMIC SUPPORT – TIPS FOR EDUCATIONAL CHAMPIONS WHO ARE NON-CAREGIVERS Think about whether the child could benefit from extra academic support. If the child is struggling in certain clas

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FosterEd Initiative COMMUNICATION WITH CHILD AND SCHOOL – TIPS FOR EDUCATIONAL CHAMPIONS WHO ARE NON-CAREGIVERS Communication with the Child Talk to the child regularly about what is happening at school. (Since the chi

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