Supports For
Foster Youth
If you have an IEP AND are a Foster Youth, you are eligible for MORE services.
You are able to add any of the services on this page to any of the other services from this website.
It is recommended that you ask your case manager, transition specialist and Foster Youth social worker to meet and sort out who is helping you with what you need. It is best to have this meeting during your 11th or 12th grade year.
Education/College
Pivotal specializes in guiding foster youth towards academic and employment success. They offer high school and college coaching.
Employment
STEP (Supported Training & Employment Program)
From an email:
The County of San Mateo is pleased to announce the return of the Supported Training and Employment Program (STEP), a program for current, non-minor dependents or former foster youth who have aged out of foster care or probation, and who are ages 18 - 24. STEP provides paid internships and employment skills training during a one-year employment program designed to introduce youth to the "world of work".
Please click HERE for details
DUE FRIDAY DEC 23, 2022
The Central Labor Council Partnership (CLCP), and our partners, provide Foster Youth job seekers and businesses within San Mateo County with a comprehensive array of workforce development services,
Independent Living
The Independent Living Program
Mental Health Supports
Housing
TURNING POINT
Offers Housing support
B12 legislation allows foster youth to remain in foster care as non-minor dependents until their 21st birthday. This youth may be eligible for Transitional Housing Plus Foster Care, which is a housing service for non-minor dependents aged 16-21 years.