- Student Services
- Child Development & Early Learning
- K-12
- Special Education
- Adult Programs
- Homeless & Foster Youth
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- Juried Art Show
- Mock Trial
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- Poetry Out Loud
- Special Olympics
- Spelling Bee
Homeless & Foster Youth
All youth should have the opportunity for educational success, no matter what their housing or family situation may be. The School Ties program promotes this success through advocacy, mentoring, tutoring, and assistance with the transition to independent living.
Services Provided:
- Educational Case Management
- Assistance with Records Transfer
- Enrollment Assistance
- Special Education Advocacy
- Transportation Arrangement
- Provision of School Supplies
- Health and Education Passports
- Tutoring and Mentoring
Foster Youth
Foster Youth are children who have been taken from the home of their biological parents due to abuse, neglect, or any situation which makes it unsafe for them to remain in their parents' care.
While some foster youth are adopted into stable, loving homes, many more are placed into a series of temporary living situations, including short-term care, respite care, and group homes. This instability tends to severely impact student achievement. It is estimated that each time a student switches school mid-year, they are set back a semester or more in their studies.
School Ties offers a variety of services for foster youth, including tutoring, mentoring, case management and educational advocacy. Please contact us for assistance with any Butte County foster education issue.
While some foster youth are adopted into stable, loving homes, many more are placed into a series of temporary living situations, including short-term care, respite care, and group homes. This instability tends to severely impact student achievement. It is estimated that each time a student switches school mid-year, they are set back a semester or more in their studies.
School Ties offers a variety of services for foster youth, including tutoring, mentoring, case management and educational advocacy. Please contact us for assistance with any Butte County foster education issue.
California Foster Care Education Law Factsheets
Foster Youth Toolkit
California Department of Education Resources
California Foster Youth Education Task Force
California Youth Connection
Tutor Request Form Foster Youth Toolkit
California Department of Education Resources
California Foster Youth Education Task Force
California Youth Connection
Butte County California Youth Connection (CYC) Facebook
Contact:
Meagan Meloy - Director
Phone: (530) 879-3781
Fax: (530) 879-2341
Phone: (530) 879-3781
Fax: (530) 879-2341
Marybeth Slaughter - Case Manager, Foster Youth Phone: (530) 879-7480
Angelica Perez - Case Manager, Foster Youth
Phone: (530) 891-3409
Phone: (530) 891-3409
Homeless Education
Homeless students are defined by the federal McKinney-Vento Act as youth who "lack a fixed, regular and adequate night time residence."
This includes:
- Sharing housing due to loss of housing or economic hardship
- Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or campgrounds
- Living in emergency transitional shelters or domestic violence shelters
- Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, etc.
- Unaccompanied youth and runaways Congress has specified that students in homeless situations should have access to the same education and opportunities offered to other students.
- They are legally entitled to stay in their school of origin, even if they temporarily move out of their home district.
- They are also entitled to:
- Transportation to and from their school of origin
- Immediate enrollment in any public school
- Free school lunch
- Dispute resolution with a district-appointed homeless liaison
Butte County 211 - Local Resources
National Center for Homeless Education
Contact: