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  • NYC foster care groups plead for school bus guarantee for kids who can’t get to class

    Apr 14, 2020

    03.09.2020 | NY Daily News | “Last school year, more than one in four students in New York City had to change schools after entering foster care,” advocates said in a letter Friday to various city agencies, including the Administration for Children’s Services and the Education Department, noting that the disruption of changing schools compounds the trauma of entering the foster system.

    “No student in foster care should be forced to change schools due to lack of transportation,” the groups added. Read article

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