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Board hears foster‑youth advisory: tutoring, transportation and family supports recommended
Summary
Foster youth advocates and staff urged the board to restore tutoring and staff cuts, strengthen transportation for school-of-origin stability and recruit resource parents; staff outlined current funding sources and said transportation funding is limited to roughly $50,000 shared with HSA.
Georgia Williams Bratt and the foster youth coordinating program presented data and five core recommendations to the board on May 19: professional development for staff, increased tutoring, improved school-of-origin transportation, enhanced college and career pathways, and active recruitment of resource parents to keep placements local. "Reliable transportation is key part of keeping foster youth enrolled in and engaged with their schools," the program coordinator said.
Commissioners pressed staff on specific budget allocations and asked how the district will restore services cut in recent fiscal years. Staff said the county office and CDE provide discrete funding and Human Services Agency (HSA) is a major partner; the FYSCP receives LCFF supplemental concentration grant funds and county and HSA contributions (staff cited figures: roughly $163,000 from LCFF, $261,000 from CDE, and $354,000 from HSA in the current year). Multiple commissioners urged that recommendations be translated into concrete budget items and timelines in the LCAP.
