1. PUPIL SERVICES FOSTER YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Fostering Education Youth Council
PUPIL SERVICES FOSTER YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Los Angeles Unified School District

2. FOSTERING EDUCATION YOUTH COUNCIL
WHAT IS THE FOSTERING EDUCATION YOUTH COUNCIL (FEYC)?
The Fostering Education Youth Council is a forum for foster youth to empower one another in solving their own unique issues. The Council will focus on providing guidance to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) on how to increase the academic achievement of foster youth, as well as provide leadership opportunities that prepare foster youth to serve their schools and communities.
THE GOALS AND DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL ARE TO:
Provide a forum for the many voices of foster youth
Involve foster youth in the LAUSD decision-making process
Inform and educate schools, caregivers, and stakeholders on the unique issues that foster youth face
Attend meetings and provide positive leadership

3. FOSTERING EDUCATION YOUTH COUNCIL
WHAT ARE THE ELIGILBITY REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS?
Must reside in foster care or relative care – not living with biological parents
Must be in the 9th, 10th or 11th grades
Students who possess leadership potential
Students who have been selected and endorsed by LAUSD Foster Youth Counselors
WHEN & WHERE
FIRST MEETING: TUESDAY MARCH 10, 2015, 12:30PM-3:30PM
333 S. BEAUDRY (Room 2-204)
LOS ANGELES, CA 90017

4. Fostering Education Youth Council Flyer

6. How To Reach Us FOSTERING EDUCATION YOUTH COUNCIL
Coordinator
La Shona Jenkins
Specialists
Karen Timko
Megan Brown
(213)
FOSTERING EDUCATION YOUTH COUNCIL
Foster Youth Achievement Program
Project Lead Counselors
Marcia Price (ESC South)
Jennifer Rios-Zambrano (ESC East)

7. Questions?