By Josefina on May 21, 2010
The California Chafee Grant program is a vital lifeline for foster children who are aging out of the system and want to pursue technical or higher education. The program, which is federally funded, offers former foster youth up to $5,000 per school year. For these young people, the grants may offer their only chance to continue their education.
Posted in Foster Care Updates, State Foster Care Policy Updates | Tagged california, foster children, grants, state funding
By Dana Mandolesi on March 15, 2010
[from the CWLA Children’s Monitor Online 3/1/10]
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced $100 million in federal grant funds to 10 states to improve health care quality and delivery systems for children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) last week.
The grants, which will be awarded over a five-year period, were federally funded by the CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2009. The grants will assist states with implementing and evaluating provider performance measures in order to improve the quality of care delivered to children. Eight of the 10 grantees will test a new set of child health quality measures, and 7 of the 10 states will use the funds to implement health information technology strategies with two states specifically planning to develop a new pediatric electronic health record format.
Awardees represent both single-state projects and multistate collaborations. Grantees working in multistate partnerships will share award funds, so the funds will actually be distributed among 18 states. The awards were granted to Maine, Vermont, Oregon, Alaska, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, South Carolina, Maryland, Georgia, and Wyoming.
Posted in Federal Foster Care Policy Updates | Tagged children, funds, grants, health and human services, sebelius
By Dana Mandolesi on November 16, 2009
This grant is available to fund programs serving youth’s educational needs. The purpose of the SSS Program is to increase the number of disadvantaged low-income college students, first generation college students, and college students with disabilities in the United States who successfully complete a program of study at the post-secondary level. The support services provided should increase the retention and graduation rates for these students and facilitate their transfer from two-year to four-year colleges and universities. The support services provided should also foster an institutional climate supportive of the success of students who are limited English proficient, students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in post-secondary education, students with disabilities, students who are homeless children and youths, students who are in foster care or are aging out of the foster care system, and other disconnected students. Student Support Services should also improve the financial and economic literacy of students.
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2009-4/102209b.html
Posted in Community Opportunities | Tagged Education, grants, students, support
By Sara Razavi on September 22, 2009
by Sara Razavi, HEY Executive Director
In response to the recent Child Welfare Services cuts and the Sacramento rally organized by state wide foster care advocates, I recently wrote an article that foster care issues are not independent of the multiple services needed by families. Since then I have begun to notice that many groups [...]
Posted in State Foster Care Policy Updates, Trends To Watch | Tagged california, dollars, fundraising, grants
