A Foster Parent's Guide to Education

A Foster Parent's Guide to Education

Foster parents promote care, trust and security by providing safe and stimulating home environments for the children in their care. Foster parents play a critical role in a child’s education through the support they provide at home and at school. A Foster Parent's Guide to Education is intended to help foster parents support the educational needs of the children in their care and details tools to support foster children from birth through college.

Objectives of This Guide Include:

• Helping foster parents and caregivers understand developmental milestones
• Providing a better understanding of the Pre-K, Kindergarten, Middle School and High School admission processes and enrollment in New York City schools
• Supporting application to college and/or vocational programs after high school
• Increasing knowledge of alternative high school programs and schools for students that may need academic or social/emotional support services
• Providing information on other education related topics such as advocacy for LGBTQ students, services for pregnant/parenting teens and students with language barriers