May 2019 Foster Care Special Edition
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<strong>May</strong> is National <strong>Foster</strong> <strong>Care</strong> Month, and<br />
we at JCPS wanted to take the time to<br />
honor this special group of students.<br />
Introduction<br />
By Lindsay Bale—JCPS <strong>Foster</strong> <strong>Care</strong> Liaison<br />
Did you know that nationally, there are over<br />
400,000 children in foster care? In the state of<br />
Kentucky, we have 9739 foster youth and in<br />
Jefferson County alone we have 1,177 children in<br />
foster care according to the Jefferson <strong>Foster</strong> <strong>Care</strong><br />
Fact Sheet (April, <strong>2019</strong>). That’s enough children<br />
to fill an entire high school!<br />
Students in foster care face numerous challenges<br />
that can affect their educational attainment and<br />
experiences. In the 2017-2018 school year, data<br />
was collected and students in foster care were<br />
listed as a group on the school report card for the<br />
first time. According to data published by the<br />
Kentucky Department of Education, only 29.7%<br />
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