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Foster Youth Success Initiative
The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO) has recognized that there is a significant deficit regarding youth from foster care attending higher education. Acknowledging this need, they are sponsoring a concerted effort called the Foster Youth Success Initiative (FYSI) to bring issues affecting these youth to the forefront and to improve the ability of these youth to access postsecondary education and benefit from the support services that are available but are often unknown to them. Directory of all college FYSI contacts, listed by college http://www.cccco.edu/ChancellorsOffice/Divisions/StudentServices/StudentFinancialAssistancePrograms/FosterYouthSuccessInitiativeFYSI/tabid/997/Default.aspx

First Place for Youth
First Place for Youth was the first organization in Northern California to provide affordable housing and supportive services to former foster youth, and today is considered a national model for providing permanent housing for high risk youth. http://www.firstplaceforyouth.org/Page.aspx?pid=329

On Your Way
A free website that guides foster youth through the process of identifying their strengths, determining career goals, and making life choices while creating a personal profile. This site provides eight topics that will help youth to set up a plan to improve their life, get more education, and make more money. www.onyourway.org

California Career Resource Network (CalCRN)
The California Career Resource Network offers a suite of experiential career development resources for California’s elementary, middle, high school and adult students, and job-seekers that are fun and engaging. Together these resources ensure students of all ages learn the needed competencies to effectively self-manage their careers for life. http://www.californiacareers.info/

Career Ladders Project
The Career Ladders Project for the California Community Colleges works to strengthen the role of community colleges in providing educational and career advancement opportunities for Californians. http://www.careerladdersproject.org/

Career Advancement Academies
Community college programs designed to establish pipeline college and high wage careers for underprepared and underemployed youth and adults.

http://www.careerladdersproject.org/projects/career.php

The California College Pathways Project
The California College Pathways Project is partnership of the California State University Chancellor's Office and the John Burton Foundation with the support of the Stuart Foundation and the Walter S. Johnson Foundation. The goal of the California College Pathways Project is to increase the number of foster youth in California who enter higher education and achieve an academic outcome by expanding access to campus support programs, such as the Guardian Scholars Program, the Renaissance Scholars Program and other successful approaches to supporting former foster youth on campus. www.cacollegepathways.org.

Guardian Scholars Program
A program providing support services to former foster youth to assist them with their goals in higher education. For more information about the Guardian Scholars Program go to:
http://www.fosteryouthhelp.ca.gov/pdfs/GuardianScholars.pdf

The National Center for Youth Law
The National Center for Youth Law works to ensure that low-income children have the resources, support, and opportunities they need for healthy and productive lives. http://www.youthlaw.org/

Casey Family Programs Casey Family Programs is the nation’s largest operating foundation entirely focused on foster care. http://www.casey.org/index.htm

The John Burton Foundation The John Burton Foundation for Children without Homes is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California dedicated to improving the quality of life for California’s homeless children and developing policy solutions to prevent homelessness. http://www.johnburtonfoundation.org/

The Stuart Foundation
Creating system-wide, sustainable change in the child welfare system. Current initiatives include: