Reach Webinar Series
Sign-Up for Our New Webinar Series:
Higher Education Foster Care Liaison 101
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Part 1:
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Join us on February 4, 2025, from 10-11:30am for Part 1 of our webinar series, The Higher Education Foster Care Liaison 101. In this webinar, Education Reach for Texans will provide in-depth information on the current structure and function of the Texas foster care system, as well as it’s impacts to former foster youth. This helpful webinar includes topics such as how child comes into the foster care system, types of foster care placements, what happens when a child exits foster care and DFPS benefits.
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Get registered today for Part 1!
Part 2:
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You also won’t want to miss Part 2 of our webinar series The Higher Education Foster Care Liaison 101 on March 18, 2025, from 10-11:30am. In Part 2, Education Reach for Texans will explore the roles and responsibilities of the Texas Higher Education Foster Care Liaison and provide helpful tips on how to identify, recruit, engage and retain students with experience in foster care. Included in the webinar will be information on building campus support programs and building campus and community networks to help support student success.
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Get registered for Part 2 now!
Understanding the ETV
The Texas Education and Training Voucher (ETV) is a federal "need-based" benefit that provides funding for youth and young adults who have experienced foster care and are attending post-secondary school. This webinar outlined post-secondary benefits and helped attendees understand the unique challenges that foster care alumni face when aging out of care and moving on to post-secondary education.
The presentation highlighted resources available to current and former foster youth and underscored the importance of school employees, aftercare service providers, and other community partners creating partnerships to help youth aging out of foster care realize their educational goals.
Exploring the Impact of Campus Support Programs
Check out the latest Education Reach webinar, Exploring the Impact of Campus Support Programs featuring Dr. Toni Watt.
Dr. Toni Watt shares preliminary findings from her research looking specifically at whether retention rates for students who experienced foster care (SEFC) increased in association with the liaison legislation timing and/or the availability of campus support programing.
You can download the PowerPoint presentation here
and view the recording here
College Supports for
Transition Age Youth
Check out this April 2024 Education Reach webinar, College Supports for Transition-Age Youth featuring Todd Serpico.
The webinar discusses ways to eliminate barriers to success and build support programs for students with lived experience in foster care attending public colleges and universities.
You can download the PPT here
and view the recording here
