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Stuart Foundation

10/28/2015

California, New York Bet on Foster Youth to Succeed in College

During a packed conference luncheon in Los Angeles on Tuesday, California Community College Chancellor Brice Harris accepted an award from a consortium of foundations, advocacy groups and college-based service centers for foster youth.

10/27/2015

New Data on Barriers Faced by Calif. Foster Youth in College

A new report from the California College Pathways hopes to use data to better illustrate some of the barriers in higher education faced by foster youth. The goal of this analysis is to spur policies, programs and practices that would help more youth achieve success in college.

9/16/2015

Education Equals Partnership 2015 Progress Report

Building on a decade of work at the intersection of child welfare and education, the Stuart Foundation launched the Education Equals Partnership in 2012.The Partnership is dedicated to improving educational experiences and outcomes for students from foster care, starting with preschool and extending through college.

5/21/2015

UC Davis Program Offers Unique Support to Former Foster Youth

By Anna Maier The first time Alyssa Heckmann applied to law school, she experienced a series of wait lists and rejections. “I was so heartbroken, I took it personally,” Heckmann said.

4/19/2015

The Foster Youth Museum: Curating Loss and Transformation

The Foster Youth Museum, eight years in the making, had a resoundingly successful gallery show at Warehouse 416 in Oakland last month. Over two thousand people visited the exhibit, “Lost Childhoods,” a curated collection of art and artifacts donated by former foster youth that, in the words of museum co-director Jamie Lee Evans, are “the stories no one else will tell.”

1/9/2015

Teri Kook Leaves the Stuart Foundation, but not the Field

Last night, a tight-knit group of child welfare professionals gathered to bid Teri Kook goodbye. During her 12 years at the San Francisco-based Stuart Foundation, where she most recently served as the senior director of child welfare, Teri built a reputation as one of the country’s most imaginative thinkers on how to improve educational outcomes for foster youth, and helped lead the foundation to national prominence on child welfare issues writ large.

    2/9/2014

    Profiles in Foster Courage: Dr. Claire Pomeroy

    By Lin Weaver This is the first in a series of radio interviews dedicated to extraordinary individuals whose early life was spent in foster care. Years in foster care taught Dr.

    12/23/2013

    Leadership Training Benefits Foster Youth, According to SUNY-Albany Study

    Foster youth benefit from youth-led advocacy and leadership programs, according to initial findings from a study released in November, 2013. “A Multi-state Evaluation of Positive Youth Development” found that youth-led advocacy had a significant impact on foster youths’ sense of identity and community.

    11/12/2013

    National Effort to Promote College Success of Foster Youth Born in California

    Helping foster youth succeed in higher education was the focus of the 2013 Blueprint Conference held in Los Angeles over two days in October. The John Burton Foundation, which manages the  California College Pathways Initiative, produced the sold-out event that brought professionals from 15 states to learn, share and find solutions.