Posts Tagged ‘school’
Planting the Seeds of Higher Education
It is up to us to help the children and youth in our care see the possibilities before them. Read this fact sheet to learn more about the opportunities foster youth in Hawai‘i have for higher education scholarships and grant opportunities available and how to help your foster youth realize their potential.
Education Success for Children in Foster Care
Hawaii was lucky to have Kristin Kelly, JD, from the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law in Washington D.C., tips & strategies to a group of resource caregivers and service providers on August 16, 2011, to help us know how to: • Keep children in the same schools, or quickly enroll them [...]
School Assignments that Impact Foster and Adoptive Children
“I can’t do my homework tonight. My teacher told me to look at both my parents and decide which one of you gave me my brown eyes and which gave me my red hair. And then I’m supposed to look at Josh and see what traits we have in common. How can I do that?” [...]
Resource Brochure for Current & Former Foster Youth
We recently updated our popular Resource Brochure for Current & Former Foster Youth. To download brochure, click on this link: Brochure 12-04-30. Or, if you would like us to send you hard copies of this brochure, contact us at jwilhoite@familyprogramshi.org or 808-540-2543. Please give us your name, mailing address and the amount of brochures you need.
