Raising and Working with Children and Youth in Foster Care or Living with Kin: Your Guide to Resources in Virginia

Description:

This web app provides online resources to help famililies raising children and youth in foster care and kinship care, where children and youth are brought up by non-birth parent relatives.

The following topics are covered:

  • Trying to Enroll a Child in School?
  • Concerned about Learning or School?
  • Concerned about Mental Health or Behaviors?
  • Need Public Benefits?
  • Concerned about Transitions Through School and After?
  • Concerned about Disabilities and Special Health Care Needs?
  • Involved in the Court System?

When you click on a topic, you will find linked resources and a list of questions for families to ask.

Tag(s):

After High School All Disabilities Behavior Challenging Behavior Collaboration Elementary Employment High School Independent Living Mental Health Middle School Parent/Family Postsecondary Education Preschool Professional Resources Self-Determination Transition