ormula allocations before repayments and grant adjustments. This letter links to HUD’s IHBG-ARP Implementation Notice, which provides instructions on how to apply for IHBG-ARP funding.
The Forgotten Students: COVID-19 Response for Youth and Young Adults Aging Out of Foster Care: Examines how the ongoing COVID-19 crisis continues to pose a significant threat to youth and young adults aging out of foster care. After describing and documenting the main concerns, this Third Way report poses a set of policy recommendations for Congress and the federal government to consider, to strengthen essential supports for this vulnerable population.
COVID-19 (ABA Legal Center for Foster Care and Education): Offers four resources to assist local jurisdictions with education for youth in foster care during the COVID-19 pandemic, including:
- Tip Sheet for School Districts Re: COVID-19 and Students in Foster Care
- Education Addressed in Court Proceedings during COVID-19
- Education During COVID-19: What Child Welfare Agencies Can Do to Help
- Preparing for the New School Year During COVID-19: A Checklist for LEAs and Child Welfare Agencies
The final resource can guide LEAs and child welfare agencies on topics such as information sharing, collaborating, supporting students and caregivers, accessing technology, special education, and making educational decisions for students in foster care. The checklist also includes tips and considerations for LEAs and child welfare agencies for specific learning models (in-person, hybrid, or distance learning).
Funds Still Available Through the Supporting Foster Youth and Families Through the Pandemic Act: Updates (May 2021) continuing available of targeted relief, originally described in the next item below. Review these items in tandem to understand how to access the continuing availability of targeted support described in the Children's Bureau's January 2021 Information Memorandum that outlined the changes to the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood as well as education and training voucher supplemental funding, minimum age limitations in eligibility for assistance, programmatic flexibilities, and more.
Supporting Youth in Foster Care Through the Pandemic: Provides information for youth and professionals on eligibility and application information for federal COVID-19 financial relief specifically intended to assist youth and young adults transitioning out of foster care. The COVID-19 public health emergency has put children, youth, and families at risk. Federal funding through the Supporting Foster Youth and Families Through the Pandemic Act (P.L. 116-260) provides state, tribal and county child welfare agencies with time-limited resources to respond to some of the needs of youth and young adults under the age of 27 and who experienced foster care after the age of 14. These pandemic relief funds are intended to help those young people with mortgage or rent payments, utility bills, car loans, groceries, and other basic needs. Please read preceding item for update about continuing availability of this relief.
LGBTQ Youth and Family Resources to Decrease Mental Health Risks & Promote Well-Being: Collects resources and offers communication mechanisms intended to increase family and community support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-identified (LGBTQ) children and youth, to decrease health and mental health risks and to promote well-being. LGBTQ youth are at high risk for health and mental health problems related to social stigma. COVID-19 has significantly increased isolation and mental health risks, constituting a national emergency for children and adolescent mental health that requires a coordinated response. This website is managed through a partnership of the Family Acceptance Project and the Institute for Innovation & Implementation (University of Maryland); and is funded by the Upswing Fund for Adolescent Mental Health, a collaborative fund powered by Panorama.
The Trauma-Focused CBT and Family Acceptance Project: An Integrated Framework for Chi