Foster children often bounce from school to school, suffer chronic absenteeism, experience disciplinary problems, and drop out more frequently than their peers. Yet poor communication between state child welfare administrators and local schools and conflicting regulations create significant hurdles and educational delays for abused and neglected children as they are moved from foster home to foster home, according to a new state auditor’s report.
I Am the Voice: Girls’ Reflections from Inside the Justice System
In this compilation of visual and written works by girls in the juvenile justice system, The Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality and Rights4Girls provides a place for girls to share their stories from their perspective.