PUPIL SERVICES FOSTER YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM

1. Fostering Education Youth Council PUPIL SERVICESFOSTER YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM Los Angeles Unified School District

2. FOSTERING EDUCATION YOUTH COUNCIL WHAT IS THE FOSTERING EDUCATION YOUTH COUNCIL (FEYC)? • The Fostering Education Youth Council is a forum for foster youth to empower one another in solving their own unique issues. The Council will focus on providing guidance to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) on how to increase the academic achievement of foster youth, as well as provide leadership opportunities that prepare foster youth to serve their schools and communities. THE GOALS AND DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL ARE TO: • Provide a forum for the many voices of foster youth • Involve foster youth in the LAUSD decision-making process • Inform and educate schools, caregivers, and stakeholders on the unique issues that foster youth face • Attend meetings and provide positive leadership

3. FOSTERING EDUCATION YOUTH COUNCIL WHAT ARE THE ELIGILBITY REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS? • Must reside in foster care or relative care – not living with biological parents • Must be in the 9th, 10th or 11th grades • Students who possess leadership potential • Students who have been selected and endorsed by LAUSD Foster Youth Counselors WHEN & WHERE • FIRST MEETING: TUESDAY MARCH 10, 2015, 12:30PM-3:30PM 333 S. BEAUDRY (Room 2-204) LOS ANGELES, CA 90017

4. Fostering Education Youth Council Flyer

6. How To Reach Us Coordinator La Shona Jenkins Lashona.jenkins@lausd.net Specialists Karen Timko karen.timko@lausd.net Megan Brown meb0347@lausd.net (213) 241-3552 FOSTERING EDUCATION YOUTH COUNCIL Foster Youth Achievement Program Project Lead Counselors Marcia Price (ESC South) marcia.price@lausd.net Jennifer Rios-Zambrano (ESC East) jmr9347@lausd.net

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