Tag Archives: foster care
UM-Flint's Foster Youth Support Program Receives National Recognition
Mary Jo Sekelsky, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, and Lori Vedder, director of the Office of Financial Aid, were featured panelists at a recent Washington D.C. event held by the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), a national non-profit that focuses on issues affecting youth.
UM-Flint Roundtable Focuses on Helping Youth in Foster Care Succeed in College and Beyond
About 50 social service workers, university staff, students, and other community leaders—including Congressman Dan Kildee—attended the "Mpowering My Success" roundtable on foster youth and higher education.
UM-Flint Reaching Out to "Community Champions" to Help Meet Needs of Foster Youth
Community leaders and local, state, and federal lawmakers are being invited to a special luncheon at the University of Michigan-Flint on Monday, March 10 focusing on foster care support in the state, such as UM-Flint's Mpowering My Success program. That program is a state-funded initiative designed to help foster youth who are aging out of care make a successful transition to college.
UM-Flint to Share $800,000 DHS Grant to Help Former Foster Care Students
Genesee County is second in the state to Wayne County in the number of youth in foster care, with approximately 1,200 young people in the system.
Foster Care Summit Reaches Out
The University of Michigan-Flint has a long history of reaching out to help disadvantaged youth realize their dreams of a college education.