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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Education and summer programs for youth in ACS care
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Commissioner Dannhauser details the various educational and summer programs available for youth in foster care, close to home, and detention. He emphasizes the agency's commitment to academic success and engagement for these young people.
- Nearly 1,300 students in foster care enrolled in Summer Rising, a 25% increase from the previous year.
- Over 1,800 youth in foster care, close to home, and detention have applied for the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP).
- ACS has expanded school support teams in detention facilities, resulting in improved attendance, exam completion, and graduation rates.
- The agency is introducing a new literacy initiative in detention facilities, partnering with public libraries and literacy-focused nonprofits.
Jess Dannhauser
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This summer will be full for the children and youth in foster care, close to home and detention.
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Nearly 1,300 students in foster care enrolled in Summer Rising, which is up from 25% last year.
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Over 1,800 youth in foster care close to home and detention have applied for SYEP.
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We anticipate that over a 50 students will participate in College Choice Summer Programming, with five of those students studying abroad this summer in Japan, Costa Rica, Haiti, and Spain.
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In addition, ACS will host 40 students with child welfare experience in the Commissioner's College Internship Program.
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We are also proud of the success for youth in detention.
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50 students graduated during the last school year and 12 youth have already attained either a regent diploma or a GED in the current academic year.
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Many of these youth are now enrolled at either Hostos Community College or Borough of Manhattan Community College, completing live college courses while in the secured attention facilities and earning transferable college credits.
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During twenty twenty four, twenty twenty five school year, ACS has continued to prioritize school attendance and success through the consistent integration of academic intervention and post secondary opportunities, including academic tutoring, assistance preparing students for the regents and high school equivalency exam, offering of credit bearing college courses, and career and college coaching.
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Facility based school support teams have been expanded to include dedicated youth development specialists who serve as school liaisons and non uniform staff who work closely with passages to support attendance and engagement, which has significantly improved.
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Exam completion and graduation rates have as well across both facilities.
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This summer we'll be introducing a literacy initiative in detention as an expansion of our current partnership with public libraries and literacy focused nonprofits engaging young people in film, book club, and creative writing opportunities.