Society Failing Foster Youth Despite Uptick in College Programs, Report by Watchdog Non-Profit First
The first national picture of college-based programs to support foster youth was presented to Congress Tuesday. The report, "Foster Youth Success in College," issued by the Washington-DC based First Star Institute, surveyed more than 600 public 4-year colleges and universities. It documents the inadequacy of financial aid, including loans received by foster youth and former foster youth attending college. It also outlined college-based programs that help students who were
National Survey Finds Expanding Number of College Programs for Foster Youth
The Institute's latest report is written up in the Chronicle of Social Change. The number of college assistance programs for current and former foster youth is growing, but there are still major gaps in helping students access them, according to a national survey of state-run colleges. The goal of the survey, produced by the First Star Institute’s Foster Youth Success in College Project, is “to provide a more detailed current look at what these programs look like, how extensi