Foster Youth Support Services In the Corona-Norco Unified School District 2016 Foster Youth and Homeless Summit Milisav (Mike) Ilic, Ed.D. Director, Instructional Support

Our Model: Partnering to Build an Educational Pathway for Foster Youth

Our Model Student CNUSD Riverside County Office of Education Community Partners Norco College

K-12 (CNUSD) CCC* (Norco College) Universities and Careers Support K-12 to CCC Pipeline Direct Support at CCC Facilitate Access to Universities/Careers * Over 9,000 foster youth attend community college, which makes it the ideal postsecondary hub to career/educational pathways. Creating a Pipeline to College and Beyond

Closing the “Invisible” Achievement Gap California is the first state in the nation to track the academic progress of students in Foster Care. The challenge is related to the collection and sharing of information about these students across the education and child welfare systems, which do not share a common identifier for students who are in both systems.

In California… 60,000 youth in foster care  4,360 foster youth in Riverside County (3 rd largest behind Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties) 48% female/52% male 10 years old (avg. age) 1.8 years in foster care 4,000 age out of foster care annually

Foster Youth Life Outcomes by Age 24 Foster Youth Comparison Group Ever homeless24%NA Currently employed48%74% Women ever pregnant75%40% Median income$8,000$18,300 Men convicted of crime59%10% Women convicted of crime 28%2%

Poor Academic Outcomes for Foster Youth High rates of disability Poor school quality Placement changes disrupt their education Children and youth in foster care are four times more likely to change schools in a given year than other students. Over one in five youth in foster care has a disability, almost three times the rate of the general population. Slide Content: John Burton Foundation’s – “1023: SUPPORTING FOSTER YOUTH IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE” 15% of children and youth in foster care attend the lowest performing 10% of schools in California compared to just 10% of the general population.

Compounded Disadvantages = Serious Delays % of students who scored at each of five proficiency levels at the California Standards Test in English Language Arts Slide Content: John Burton Foundation’s – “1023: SUPPORTING FOSTER YOUTH IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE”

Percentage of Students Who Completed High School by 2010 Foster youth have the highest rate of high school drop-out, higher than students who are: Low SES Have disabilities. Slide Content: John Burton Foundation’s – “1023: SUPPORTING FOSTER YOUTH IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE”

Foster Youth by School Level (CNUSD)

Foster Youth Racial Profile (CNUSD)

Low Income, English Learners, Foster Youth

LCFF Allocation Formula Base Funding Supplemental Concentration Funds allocated by grade level spans, K-3, 4-6, 7-8, 9-12, plus add-on for K- 3 & 9-12 All districts equal Additional 20% of base grant Unduplicated count: Low Income (LI), English Language Learners (EL) and Foster Youth (FY) Additional 50% of base grant based on unduplicated count above 55% of district enrollment 14