…the more complete data set only emphasized and further heightened the continued disparities in the educational foundation that we are laying for Indiana’s students in foster care.
Policy & Practice
An open Letter to Gov. Holcomb about supporting foster youth during the pandemic
On April 29, 2020 Foster Success sent this letter to Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb about ways the State can support foster youth during COVID-19.
2019 CCAI Policy Report
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Fostering Youth Transitions: Using data to drive policy and practice decisions
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Holcomb Outlines Public Health Priorities
Gov. Eric Holcomb says his public health priorities in this 2019 agenda will focus on children and families. A plan to improve the state’s the child welfare system is at the top of the list.
Two years after passage, Indiana’s Medicaid program helps youth become productive adults
Foster Success’ work with SEA 497 wasn’t about seeking special benefits. “We wanted to bring parity between youth in foster care and youth with families with sustained medical coverage,”
Indiana bill would require sharing school data on homeless and foster care youths
Bill seeks sharing of homeless, foster care youths' data Margaret Fosmoe writing for the Southbend Tribune: Children who are in foster care or homeless are far less likely to consistently attend school, graduate or go on to college. A bill moving through the Indiana...
Indiana has thousands of foster kids, but knows little about their education. This bill could change that
Shaina Cavazos writing for Chalkbeat Indiana: Foster children in Indiana – and across the country – likely won’t graduate from high school, and very few of them will go on to college. But foster children are rarely included in state-level discussions about how Indiana...
Proposed Indiana bill pushes for closer monitoring of foster kids’ education
Gabby Gonzalez writing for Fox59: INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – A bill being considered a the statehouse would push the Indiana Department of Education and the Department of Child Services to more closely track how foster children are doing in schools around the state. House...
New Indiana Law Will Make It Easier For Former Foster Kids to Get Insured
Nearly 60 percent of former foster kids in Indiana don’t get on Medicaid, according to research from Indiana Connected by 25.
