Readers,
Her post is a follow-up post to last week's entry titled, "2011 Foster Care Convening: Helping Foster Youth Reach their Dream of a College Education (June 2-3, 2011)".
Each year in the state of Texas, almost 10% of the children or approximately 1,200 youth will be raised by the foster care system rather than a family. 60-70% of these young people will not graduate from high school. 90% will not even attempt college. And only 3% who attempt college will go on to graduate.
The inaugural Texas Reach Convening was held on May 26‐27, 2010 at Texas State University‐San Marcos. Over 150 people from community colleges, technical/vocational colleges, four‐year universities, Child Protective Services, after care service providers, community partners, and foster care alumni from across Texas attended the event. The goal for the convening was to improve the lives of former foster youth by ensuring their access to and success in higher education through sharing best practices to bring student success initiatives to foster youth, by strengthening higher education and child welfare partnerships, and by increasing access to resources for youth aging out of foster care. Attendees heard not only from their colleagues, but also from legislative representatives and alumni of care. Just as important, participants met others in their region and began discussions for improving existing services or creating new ones. The 2010 program can be found at www.texasreach.info.
The 2011 Texas Reach Convening will be held on June 2-3 at Sam Houston State University. Participants can expect the same great information and networking that was gained at the 2010 convening. As the convening schedule develops, it will be posted on the convening website, www.texasreach.org. If you’d like to be put on the email list to receive updates about the upcoming convening, please email Keri Rogers at krogers@shsu.edu.
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