In Georgia, the Educational Programming, Assessment and Consultation (EPAC) unit, within the Division of Family & Children Services, “provides comprehensive academic support services focusing on the educational well-being of children and youth in foster care” to improve educational stability, academic success, and graduation rates. The website includes key services, priorities, federal and state laws (e.g., HB 855), practice guidance, newsletters, and other key resources.  

WA school stability website with foster care office hours, regional meetings, liaisons, POCs, state and federal laws and guidance, resources and training, and postsecondary education resources.

PA school stability website with state and federal laws and guidance, training, resources and tools, and postsecondary education resources.

NC school stability website with LEA, charter schools, Lab, ISD, and virtual POCs’ contact info, POCs’ roles and responsibilities (noting 4 key responsibilities of LEA POCs, including ensuring automatic free school meals), sample forms, law (including Child Nutrition Reauthorization), guidance, resources, and trainings.

The Iowa school stability webpage includes SEA and LEA contact information, CWA POCs map and contact information, law, guidance, and other resources such as special education, supportive school discipline & prevention, and AMP Iowa—a youth-led statewide group.

AZ Dept. of Education’s school stability webpage with SEA, LEA, CWA, & Tribal POCs’ contact info, law, guidance, documents, resources, and trainings.

In MI, a panel of at least 3-MDE staffers, including the SEA POC, convene within 15 work days of receiving transportation dispute request to resolve dispute brought by either the LEA or CWA. See the policy, notification letter, and dispute form.

AZ codified the arbitration process for LEA and CWA to dispute the transportation plan to the school of origin for students in foster care once all available troubleshooting options have been exhausted. See the webpage for the legal requirements, process, and forms, including Foster Care Transportation Arbitration Process Reference Form_12.28.23.pdf.

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