Helping Foster Youth Attain College and Persist There

Lysionek strongly believes that besides offering programs directed at foster youth, universities also need to identify some foster youth even before they get to college and let high schools know which colleges have programs to support foster youth.

She has connected with some students through the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia.

Although word of mouth may be enough for schools as small as Cabrini, it isn’t for the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP), where Michelle Lopez reports that about 140 students with experience in the foster care system are enrolled.