Dr. Deneen Guss, County Superintendent of Schools
Services & Support
Individual Case Management Services
Offered to Students, Caregivers, Social Workers, School Staff, Probation, CASA's
- School enrollment/transfer assistance.
- Ensure AB490 rights are upheld.
- Collaboration to ensure school stability
- AB 167 evaluation & partial credit assistance.
- Educational planning & monitoring
- IEP/SST meeting attendance
- Referral to supplemental education services
- Referral to extracurricular and/or enrichment activities
- Liaison/DSS/School
District LCAP Support Services
School and District Staff
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Provide workshops/training's to school district staff
- Review LCAP for actions and services specific to children and youth in Foster Care
- Share best practices for supporting children and youth in Foster Care
- Meet regularly with District Foster Student Liaisons
- Provide legislative & policy updates
- Facilitate policy & cross-agency collaboration meetings
Coordination of Supplemental Services
Agencies, community based organizations, caseworkers
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Collaborating & capacity building with community partners to provide supplemental education services
- Leadership & advocacy training for transition age youth
- Special Projects (i.e. college and career Exploration)
- Enrichment activities
- Facilitate an annual Foster Youth Education Summit to bring together partner agencies & staff
- Referrals to tutoring services
Data & Program Support
Schools/districts, Department of Social Services, FYSCP Support
- Notification of incoming outgoing foster youth
- Enrollment tracking
- CALPADS, foster youth identification and mobility
- Foster Focus/ CMS CWS
- Inter-agency collaboration with Department of Social Services and Juvenile Probation Department
- Data sharing, monitoring and clean up
- District updates
- Status verification (active & inactive)
- Creating/Providing Reports
Administrative, Legislative/Policy, Interagency Collaboration
Students, schools/districts, institutions of higher education
- Transitions to College
- Enrollment
- Assessment
- Course selection
- Financial Aid (Federal and Cal Grants & Scholarships for Foster Youth)
- College and Career Readiness Training
- Campus Tours - Refer to campus support programs (EOPS - Guardian Scholars)
- Coordinate workshops
- Workshop for students
- Workshops with colleges
- Provide experiential events; i.e., Summer Scholars week-long day camp, education planning, leadership training.
Higher Education Services
Students, schools/districts, institutions of higher education
The goal is to provide successful transitions to higher education, career readiness opportunities, and guidance to overcome barriers.
- Transitions to College
- Enrollment
- Assessments
- Course Selection
- Financial Aid (Federal and Cal Grants & Scholarships for Foster Youth)
- College and Career Readiness Training
- Campus Tours- Refer to campus support programs (EOPS - Guardian Scholars)
- Coordinate workshops
- Workshops for students
- Workshops with colleges
- Provide experiential events (i.e. Summer Scholars week-long campus dorm life, education planning, leadership training)