I. Resources

The Texas Blueprint

•   The Texas Blueprint: Transforming Education Outcomes for Children and Youth in Foster Care (Texas Blueprint)^[228]

Resource Guide for Foster Care Liaisons in School Districts

•   Foster Care & Student Success: Texas Systems Working Together to Transform Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care^[229]

•   Foster Care and Student Success Guide

Texas Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Educational Advocacy Toolkit

•   Educational Advocacy Guidebook^[230]

Foster Care and Education Data Workgroup Infographic

•   Texas Commits to Transform Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care: Findings from the Texas Blueprint Implementation Data Workgroup^[231]

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

•   School of Origin Determination for Students in Foster Care^[232]

•   Education Best Interest Decision Making and Coordination^[233]

•   ESSA Designated Point of Contact for Students in Foster Care^[234]

Confidentiality Guide

•   Information Sharing between Child Welfare and Schools: Maintaining Privacy and Promoting Educational Success^[235]

Transition Planning

•   Transition Planning Guide for Students in Foster Care Receiving Special Education Services^[236]

Higher Education

•   DFPS College Resource Chart[237]

•   Texas Higher Education Information and Resource Guide for Foster Care Liaisons^[238]

•   Texas Higher Education Foster Care Liaisons, by Institution^[239]

Judicial Checklists

•   Permanency Planning for Children Department, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Asking the Right Questions II: Judicial Checklists to Meet the Educational Needs of Children and Youth in Foster Care^[240] (2008)

Websites

•   American Bar Association Legal Center for Foster Care and Education^[241]

•   Texas DFPS CPS Policy Handbook on Education^[242]

•   Texas Education Agency Foster Care and Student Success^[243]

•   Children's Commission Foster Care and Education^[244]