Data Sharing Tool Helps Educators and Caseworkers Focus on Foster Youth Success (chronicleofsocialchange.org)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) 7/13/1810:55 PM

As California continues to work to address educational disparities for foster students, an increasing number of counties in the state are buying into a homegrown data-sharing system designed to improve academic outcomes for the state’s foster youth.

Since its rollout in 2000, 41 of California’s 58 counties have integrated Foster Focus, a web-based program that helps bridge the data gap between the education, child welfare and probation officials who share responsibility for the state’s school-aged foster youth.

Developed by the Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) with a grant from the Stuart Foundation, Foster Focus allows designated county agencies to compile, access and securely share data on the foster youth they serve. It also alerts caseworkers early on when academic problems arise, so that foster children don’t fall further behind at school.

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