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	Title	Published	State
True	* Q&A: How Do Recent Changes to FERPA Help Child Welfare Agencies Get Access to Education Records	2013	Nat.
True	* Questions and Answers: Fostering Connections Implementation	2014	Nat.
True	* Q & A Blueprint For Change: Education Success For Children in Foster Care	2009	Nat.
True	* Q & A: How Can We Ensure Educational Success for Dependent Youth in Congregate Care	2014	Nat.
True	* Q & A : How Can Courtroom Resources Support Judges to Address the Education Needs of Children in Care	2013	Nat.
True	* Q & A: How Child Welfare Can Access Education Records Under FERPA	2013	Nat.
True	* Q & A - Federal Laws That Increase Educational Opportunities for Older Youth in Out-Of-Home Care	2009	Nat.
True	* Q & A: Courtroom Education Advocacy	2009	Nat.
True	* Q & A: Fostering Connections	2011	Nat.
True	* Q & A : Postsecondary Education Resources for Youth in and Transitioning Out of Foster Care	2012	Nat.
True	* Q & A: Head Start and Early Head Start for Children in Care	2012	Nat.
True	* Q & A: Credit Transfer and School Completion	2008	Nat.
True	* Q & A: Overlap Between McKinney-Vento and Fostering Connections	2009	Nat.
True	* Q & A: The Link Between Education and Permanency	2009	Nat.
True	* Q & A: Child and Family Service Reviews and the Education Well-Being Outcome	2009	Nat.
True	* Q & A: Surrogate Parent Programs	2009	Nat.
True	* Q & A: No Child Left Behind and Children in Out-of-Home Care	2008	Nat.
True	* Q & A: Mobility and Special Education	2008	Nat.
True	* Q & A: What Child Welfare Professionals Need to Know about Awaiting Foster Care Placement and the McKinney-Vento Act	2008	Nat.
False	COVID Fall Checklist	August 2020	National
False	Data Points Article 1 - UNDERSTANDING WHY DATA MATTERS AND THE FOSTER CARE ESSA DATA REQUIREMENTS	July 2020	National
False	Data Points Article 2 - Bridging a Data Divide Data Sharing for Youth in Foster Care	July 2020	National
False	Covid19_childwelfaretool	May 15, 2020	National
False	CWshortlist.COVID19	May 15, 2020	National
False	How Can Points of Contact Help Students in Foster Care	2016	Nat.
False	How Can We Ensure Educational Success For Dependent Youth In Congregate Care	2014
False	School Discipline & Youth in Foster Care	2014
False	Schools as Mandatory Partners in Ensuring Educational Stability	2014
False	How the Uninterrupted Scholars Act Helps Child Welfare Staff Advocate for Youth in Care	2014
False	Q&A School Discipline	2014	Nat.
False	Q & A: What Child Welfare Advocates Can Do for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth	2009	Nat.
False	Q & A: Tuition Waivers for Postsecondary Education	2008	Nat.

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The "Blueprint for Change" is a tool for change. The 8 goals are a framework for both direct case advocacy and system reform efforts. Search by Goal to learn about relevant laws, tools, and publications.

Select a Goal to view all documents associated with that goal. Use the filter records box to narrow your search, or click on the column header to sort by that column.

Goal 1

Decrease School Mobility

Goal 2

Seamless Transitions Between Schools

Goal 3

Early Education and School Readiness

Goal 4

K-12 Participation and Completion

Goal 5

Reduce Drop-out, Truancy, and School Discipline

Goal 6

Youth Empowerment and Engagement