Report: Supporting Success for Pennsylvania’s Students in Foster Care: Data, Outcomes, and Stories from the Field – May 2025


Supporting Success for Pennsylvania’s Students in Foster Care: Data, Outcomes, and Stories from the Field analyzes, for the first time, data on educational outcomes for children and youth in out-of-home care. Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (PPC) and the Education Law Center-PA (ELC) identify policy recommendations to improve educational outcomes for these students based on data and research, coupled with insights drawn from case examples and consultations with education liaisons directly involved in the system.

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