Overview In the U.S. there are an estimated 427,910 children in foster care on any given day. (3). There are a growing number of youth in the Denver welfare system that are failing to achieve permanency. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the number of teens emancipated from foster care was 20,289 (10). Other negative out comes for foster care alumni are at a greater risk to become incarcerated and have higher rates of unintended pregnancies. (9). Emancipated youth are more likely to be at risk for food and housing insecurity, are underemployed and undereducated. (8). Colorado has raised the age of foster youth participants from 18-21 and Medicaid age cut off has increased the age to 26, and programs in the Denver …show more content…
These are five priorities that the Governor has chosen to make Coloradoans healthier in regards to the all aspects of health and environment. In the letter I would state that I am a native Coloradoan and Denver resident and a registered voter for District 2. I would inform Governor Hickenlooper of my work as a social worker and that I am a MSW student and present him with my research on educational deficits of …show more content…
Meyers is the Colorado Foster Care Education to enquire about Child Welfare Education Liaisons who work with “child placement agencies, county departments, and the state department to facilitate the prompt and appropriate placement, transfer, and enrollment in school of students in out-of-home placement.” currently, under C.R.S. 22-32-138, each school district in Colorado designates one person to act as the Child Welfare Education Liaison (CWEL) for the entire district. I would ask her why there is only 185 liaisons (one liaison per district) and how increasing the number of liaisons in certain districts would help foster youth graduation rates.