Education and Child Welfare System Efforts to Improve Educational Outcomes for Youth in Foster Care: Identifying Opportunities to Enhance Cross-System Collaboration
Education and Child Welfare System Efforts to Improve Educational Outcomes for Youth in Foster Care: Identifying Opportunities to Enhance Cross-System Collaboration [Minkštas viršelis]
In this report, the authors examine how fragmentation within and misalignment between the education and child welfare systems influence opportunities for the cross-system collaboration needed to support students in foster care.
About This Report
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Summary
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Figure and Tables
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Chapter 1 Introduction
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Goal of This Report
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Method Overview and Limitations
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Organization of This Report
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Chapter 2 Conceptualizing the Influence of Governance on Collaboration
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Chapter 3 Federal Legislation Shapes Efforts at the State and Local Levels to Support the Special Student Population Served by Both Systems
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Chapter 4 Findings
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States Differ in How They Govern Education and Child Welfare Systems
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Case Data Indicate That Several Factors Contributed to and Inhibited Collaboration
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Chapter 5 Policy Considerations and Directions for Future Research
