Foster Youth Services

There are thousands of children in foster care, group homes and kin-ship care in San Bernardino County. Too often these children slip through the cracks of the child welfare and education systems. With only an approximate 50% of foster youth graduating from high school, it is evident we have much to do. Foster youth services assists in the development and implementation of viable solutions; promote understanding of foster youth; facilitate the empowerment of foster youth and their caregivers and encourage the will to be hopeful and inspired.

Foster Youth Services (FYS) is committed to working in collaboration with public and private partners to meet the unique needs of our foster youth, providing leadership through integrity, accountability, and child centered services.

The Foster Youth Services mission is to empower our youth to become productive community members.

Countywide Foster youth Services is designed to enhance the educational success of children in group home, foster care & kin-ship care placements.
Services:

• Provide tutoring and academic workshops to children and youth in foster care
• Provide foster youth with activities and workshops to increase awareness on post secondary education and career opportunities
• Provide foster youth with educational rights workshops
• Advocate for foster youth who are experiencing delays in school enrollment
• Expedite the transfer of foster youth health and education records to school sites
• Assist in determining who retains educational rights for foster youth
• Advocate for services for foster youth that increase academic achievement
• Assist with interpretation and implementation of the educational rights of children in foster care
• Act as a liaison of foster youth, caregivers, social worker, and educational agencies
• Provide staff development and training for schools, partner agencies, foster families, and group home caregivers
• Provide assistance to school districts in designing and implementing services to support foster youth
• Collect data to monitor and evaluate service to foster youth

For area-specific information, please contact:

• Desert/Mountain

15733 First Street, Victorville
Mr. Paul Durham, Manager, (760) 241-2344

• West End/East Valley

144 North Mountain View Avenue, San Bernardino
Ms. Bunny Pinchback, Manager, (909) 252-4501.

Mr. Randy Elphic
Assistant Superintendent

For additional information, please contact: Carolyn Tillman , (909) 386-2912

Last Updated:2013-05-15 12:39:03