• Historically Black Colleges Give Foster Youth an Edge

• Historically Black Colleges and Universities Give Foster Youth an Edge Webinar

• Understanding Racial Identity Development for Black Women College Students with Foster Care Experiences:

  • Dr. Devost’s scholarship on racial identity development for Black women in higher education shows that Black women with experiences with the foster care system are situated at a very specific intersection within the Black women experience. Dr. Devost discusses her findings from her 2022 publication titled “Racial Identity Development on the Margins: The Narratives of Black Women College Students with Experiences in the Foster Care System'' and her newly released dissertation titled “Black Women Finding Homeplace: Intrasectional Analysis of Racial Identity Development on the HBCU Campus”. During this webinar, Dr. Devost discusses the implications of both of these studies to offer insight for this growing area of study.

• A Framework to Approach Postsecondary Educational Program Design for College Students with Lived Experience in Foster Care

• Supporting Success: Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Students from Foster Care

• Texas Higher Education Foster Care Liaisons Information & Reference Guide and Video

• Fostering Success Coaching Institute

• Overview of federal policies related to foster care and education

• JBAY and FAAN: Building Bridges: How State Policies Can Support Postsecondary Education Success for Students with Experience in Foster Care

  • Accompanying webinar

• JBAY: The Overlooked Obstacle – How Satisfactory Academic Progress Policies Impede Student Success and Equity

  • This report explores the impact of SAP standards and policies on financial aid receipt and enrollment of first-year Pell Grant recipients attending a California Community College with specific attention to students of color and those with experience in foster care. It also offers federal, state, and institutional-level recommendations to increase equity and remove barriers to student success.

• ABA Legal Center of Foster Care and Education: 2022 National Datasheet

• Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. Volume 40, Issue 2, April 2023, Special Issue: Advancing Interdisciplinary Research on Foster Care and Higher Education

• Fostering Higher Education: A Postsecondary Access and Retention Intervention for Youth with Foster Care Experience

• Foster(ing) Youth in the California State University: Understanding the Vital Role of Campus Support Programs

• Amy Salazar, PhD, Associate Professor, Washington State University

• Jennifer Gieger, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Illinois–Chicago

• Kenyon Whitman, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

• Nate Okpych, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut

• Climbing a Broken Ladder: Contributors of College Success for Youth in Foster Care (The American Campus)

• Ronicka Hamilton, Seita Scholars Program Director, Western Michigan University

• Sheila Bustillos, Student Services Assessment Director, University of North Texas

• Justine Cheung, Bridging Success Program Director| Arizona State University

• UC Riverside, Guardian Scholars

• Arizona State University, Bridging Success

  • Bridging Success: An Evaluation of a Program for Foster Care Alumni

• Kennesaw State University, ASCEND

• Western Michigan University, Seita Scholars Program

  • Supporting College Students Transitioning Out of Foster Care: A Formative Evaluation Report on the Seita Scholars Program

• California College Pathways

• Embark Georgia

• Education Reach for Texans

• Fostering Success Michigan

• First Star Academies (various campuses)

• University of Alabama, National Social Work Enrichment Program

  • Preparing foster youth for college: A Pre-college Summer Program Experience

    • Sebrena Jackson, PhD., LCSW, MSW Program Director at the University Alabama. Her presentation, entitled Preparing foster youth for college: A Pre-college Summer Program Experience, will discuss a 6 week summer program designed specifically for foster youth, The National Social Work Enrichment Program (NSEP). The four key program components of NSEP will be discussed. Implications for social work practice, policy, and research will also be highlighted.

• Fostering Academic Achievement Nationwide

  • National Postsecondary Support Map

  • See here for reports on state policies, maximizing Education Training Vouchers, understanding tuition waivers, and how Satisfactory Academic Progress policies impede equity

• National Hidden Populations Conference

  • The Scholar-Practitioner

• National Research Collaborative for Foster Alumni and Higher Education

  • YouTube channel

Additional Resources:

• Kizzy Lopez, EdD, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Department Chair, Fresno Pacific University

  • The Trauma of Being Black in Foster Care | Kizzy Lopez | TEDxFresnoState: The Trauma of Being Black in Foster Care | Kizzy Lopez | TEDxFresnoState