This is the original Fostering Opportunities Program Manual. A 2.0 Version was developed in 2024. Fostering Opportunities is an innovative student engagement program for middle school and high school students who have experienced foster care. The goal of the program is to help youth who have experienced foster care be successful in school and ultimately […]
Randomized Controlled Trial
Fostering Opportunities Video
This short video shares youth and caregiver experiences in Fostering Opportunities. Program specialists, child welfare leaders, and researchers explain the program and how it works.
Fostering Opportunities Fact Sheet
Two page overview of the program, evaluation results, and recommendations for scaling the program in Colorado.
Fostering Opportunities Preliminary Success Measures for a Pay for Success Pilot Program
The report describes performance of the pilot after the first four semesters of program delivery. Per the Pay for Success contract, three are four levels of success that the Fostering Opportunities pilot could achieve. The pilot achieved the third level of success by demonstrating a greater than 10 percent improvement in the number of suspension […]