The Calaveras County Office of Education’s Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program (FYSCP) is to provide support to foster youth and districts through guidance and inter-agency collaboration around school permanency, enrollment and streamlined school transitions with the outcome of increasing academic success for students in foster care.

The collaborative integrates community resources for families and provides children opportunities for real permanence; promotes a safe, stable, healthy, nurturing environment enabling children to flourish and become independent, productive adults making responsible choices.

What Does FYS Do?

Advocate for timely and appropriate school placements
Assist students and foster care providers to access needed academic support services, including special education
Recommend and make referrals to needed community support services
Assist foster care providers to understand and navigate the school system
Work with placing agencies to minimize changes in school placement
Facilitate the transfer of school records for foster children
Act as a liaison between care providers, schools and placing agencies

FYSCP Executive Advisory Council

The function of the Executive Advisory Council is to prioritize services, efforts and training for FYSCP and on a bimonthly basis review the progress of foster youth services coordinating program.

Executive Advisory Members

County Mental Health
County Child Welfare
Special Education Local Plan Agency (SELPA)
County Behavioral Health
CASA
Health and Human Services
First 5
Sierra Child and Family Services
Environmental Alternatives
Local Law Enforcement
Local Education Agencies

Foster Youth Services Link