Promising
Practices: Foster Youth Transition
Promising
Practices related to foster youth transition are also
available indexed by
Subject
Elements
Index
By County
Statewide
Initiatives
California Connected by 25
Initiative
California
Connected by 25 Initiative (PDF 84 KB)
Initiatives
Outside California
South
Bronx, New York
Next Generation Center,
The Children Aid Society's Foster Care Division
Next
Generation Center (PDF 52 KB)
Alameda
County
Alameda Workforce Investment
Board (ACWIB) Youth Council
Project
HOPE: A County-Wide Partnership Extends Services to Emancipated
Foster Youth (PDF 68 KB)
Contra
Costa County
Contra Costa County Office
of Education, Youth Development Services
Contra
Costa County Foster Youth Services Program (PDF
62 KB)
Fresno
County
Fresno City College; the California
Connected by 25 Initiative (CC25I),t Fresno
County, Department of Children and Family Services
The
Fresno County Foster Bridge Program (PDF
92 KB)
Fresno County Workforce Investment Board Youth Program, Fresno Unified and County
School District
Fresno
County Pilots Co-Located Youth Services on High School Campuses (PDF 52kb)
Glenn County
Glenn County Human Resources Agency (HRA)
Youth Employment
Services (YES) Provides Work-Preparation Services to Foster Youth (PDF
68 KB)
“BustNOut”
Website Provides Current and Former Foster Youth with Access to Information (PDF
72 KB)
Humboldt County
Humboldt County Department of Social Services
Humboldt
County Peer Counselors Help Foster Youth Navigate Employment Referral Options
(PDF 80
KB)
Humboldt County Workforce Investment Board
Humboldt
County “Steps UP” to Partner with Private Businesses and Offer Summer Employment
Opportunities for Youth (PDF 58 KB)
The Digital Pathways Program for Tribal Communities of Humboldt County
Digital
Pathways for Tribal Communities (PDF
60 KB)
Imperial County
Imperial County Youth Council
Imperial
County Establishes a Centralized Case Management System (PDF
80 KB)
Kern County
Kern High School District/Career Resource Department
Kern County
Adolescent Career Transition (ACT) Provides Paid Work Experience(PDF
60 KB)
Kern
County’s Project Success Offers Career Preparation and Paid Work Experience for
In-School Foster Youth (PDF
64 KB)
Kern High School District
The
Dream Center and Coffee House
Helping Build a Better Future for Kern County’s Foster Youth (PDF 56
KB)
Los
Angeles County
Foothill Workforce Investment Board
Pasadena’s Foothill Workforce
Investment Board Runs Department of Labor Pilot for Foster Youth (PDF
59 KB)
Los
Angeles County Youth Transition Action Team
Los
Angeles City & County Cross-System Partnerships Supporting Successful
Youth Transitions
(PDF 68 KB)
Merced County
Merced County Youth Council
Merced’s
North Star Community Housing and Transition Support Services (PDF 60
KB)
Merced County Human Services Agency
Merced County Hires Extra
Help Foster Youth Assistance Worker (PDF 44 KB)
Mendocino
County
Mendocino County SELPA
Mendocino
County Youth-Led
Transition Plan & Conference (PDF
52 KB)
Napa
County
Voice our Independent Choices for Emancipation Support
Napa
V.O.I.C.E.S: A Foster Youth One-Stop
Initiated and Run by Youth (PDF
89 KB)
Orange
County
Orange County Social Services Agency (OCSSA), Children and Family Services
Division
Orange
County Miscellaneous Court Order Supports
Cross-Agency Cooperation (PDF
64 KB)
Nova Academy
Nova Academy Offers Early College Experience for Disadvantaged Youth
(PDF 64KB)
Sacramento
County
Casey Great Start (CGS)
Sacramento’s
Casey Great Start Young Adult Program Helps Youth Meet
Needs and Make Plans (PDF
68 KB)
San Juan Unified School District
Attitude
Explosion Leadership Conferences for Emancipating Foster
Youth (PDF
72 KB)
San
Diego County
ACCESS, Inc
San
Diego Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Offers
Connections to Range of Services (PDF
80 KB)
San Pasqual Academy, San Diego Workforce Partnership
San
Pasqual Academy Emphasizes Cross-Agency Collaboration (PDF
63 KB)
San Diego Workforce
Partnership and San Diego County Department of Health and Human Services
San
Diego County Develops Joint RFP (PDF
64 KB)
San
Francisco County
San Francisco Workforce Development Department
Connecting
Foster Youth with Employers Through the Local One-Stop (PDF
52 KB)
San
Mateo County
Silicon Valley Community
Foundation’s Center for Venture Philanthropy
Fostering
the Future
Develops Model to Support Transitioning Youth and to
Change Local System (PDF
98 KB)
Santa
Clara County
Santa Clara County Social Services Agency, Department of Family and Children's Services
Santa
Clara County Emancipated Foster Youth (EFY)
Employment Program(PDF
52 KB)
Shasta
County
Shasta County Independent Living Program
Shasta
County Independent Living Program Builds Enduring Relationships
with Transitioning Youth (PDF
68 KB)
Shasta County, 21st Century Career Connections Improving
Transitions Outcomes Project (ITOP)
In
Shasta County, 21st Century Career Connections Develops
County's First Transitioning Youth Resource Fair for
Service Providers (PDF 48 KB)
Tulare County
Tulare County Workforce Investment Board
Tulare
County Youth Transitions Program Offers Paid Work Experience (PDF
63 KB)
Ventura County
Ventura County Youth Council
Ventura
County Project T.R.E.N.D.S.S. (PDF
56 KB)
Yuba County
North Central Counties Consortium (NCCC)
North
Central Counties Consortium’s Foster Care Youth Project
Helps Improves Transition Outcomes (PDF
60 KB)
