Ways to weave a safety net: Free college and alternative justice
By providing higher education, British Columbia committed to giving former foster children a gentler offramp from government care. And in one Colorado county, courts keep a close eye on drug and alcohol cases by prescribing a recovery agenda.
1. Canada
Tuition waiver programs are helping people raised in the child welfare system access About 850 people age out of government care in the Canadian province annually. These young adults – who are disproportionately Indigenous – experience higher rates of homelessness, lower incomes, and worse educational outcomes than their counterparts outside government care. Increasingly, universities and government agencies are trying to address these disparities by removing financial barriers to higher education.
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