The Chronicle of Social Change is highlighting each of the policy recommendations made this summer by the participants of the Foster Youth Internship Program (FYI), a group of 10 former foster youths who have completed congressional internships.
The program is overseen each summer by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute. Each of the FYI participants crafted a policy recommendation during their time in Washington, D.C. Today we highlight the recommendation of Ixchel Martinez, 28, a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Social Work.
The Proposal
Martinez makes two proposals aimed at improving the school experience of foster youth. First is a competitive grants program at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to develop, and then implement, a model of “trauma-informed schools.” Second is a more robust data collection process related to educational outcomes for youth in foster care, including attendance, graduation, school discipline and more.
[For more on this story by John Kelly, go to https://chronicleofsocialchang...formed-schools/31572]
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