Foster Care Liaison

For children and youth in foster care, a change in home placement frequently results in a change in school placement. The educational impact of every school change is significant. Each time students enter new schools they must adjust to different curricula, different expectations, new friends, and new teachers. Keeping children in the same school provides continuity in education; maintains important relationships at school; provides stability during a traumatic time; and improves educational and life outcomes.

The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Fostering Connections) and the Title I, Part A provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) ensure school stability for students in foster care. Every school division must designate a Foster Care Liaison as the educational point of contact for local child welfare agencies and a resource in facilitating a "best interest determination" (BID) for school placement, specifically whether it is in the student's best interest to remain in the school where the student was enrolled at the time of placement in the new residence or change schools and enroll in the school of residence for the child’s new residence placement. 

The Foster Care Liaison for Prince George County Public Schools is:

Sherica Johnson, MSW

srjohnson@pgs.k12.va.us

(804) 733-2730