Fostering Leadership. Connect for Kids : Guidance for Grown-Ups / Susan Kellam.

This article highlights the importance of involving foster youth speak for themselves, particularly about what they need and deserve as they prepare to move out of the foster care system. Descriptions of innovative and effective programs and legislation that encourage leadership skills in foster chi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kellam, Susan
Corporate Author: Benton Foundation
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2002.
Subjects:
Adolescents.
Foster Care.
Foster Children.
Leadership.
Program Descriptions.
Reports, Descriptive.
Genre:
Reports, Descriptive.
Physical Description:8 pages
Format: Microfilm Book
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Summary:
This article highlights the importance of involving foster youth speak for themselves, particularly about what they need and deserve as they prepare to move out of the foster care system. Descriptions of innovative and effective programs and legislation that encourage leadership skills in foster children are included, such as the California Youth Connection, Youth Grow Nebraska, and tuition waiver models. Includes a table of leading state programs. (GCP)
Note:Availability: Connect for Kids, 1625 K St., NW, 11th Floor, Washington, DC, 20006. For full text: http://www.connectforkids.org/.
Microform.
Call Number:ED468477 Microfiche
Reproduction Note:
Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.