Our Foster Youth Services Program is designed to improve academic achievement, promote graduation rates, reduce discipline and behavior problems, and increase attendance rates among foster youth.
Why are these services needed? In Del Norte County:
Over 75 percent of foster youth students work is below grade level
Nearly 40 percent are retained at least one year in school
Students in the foster care system have typically moved more than once a year and have attended 9-10 different schools before they turn 18
Over 25 percent of foster students qualify for special education services (compared with 10 percent of general population)