| The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) intends to use its Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities (HSIAC) grant to implement a 3-year program, through its Child & Adolescent Policy Research Institute (CAPRI), to assist foster care youth with supportive services, training, and financial resources for the purpose of attending college or other job training opportunities. The outlook for foster care youth is especially bleak, with many experiencing homelessness or incarceration. Lack of educational attainment leaves them locked into low-wage jobs and financial insecurity throughout adulthood. CAPRI has partnered with UTSA faculty in multiple disciplines and five community-based organizations in the design of this program. The program consists of four activities: foster care youth college readiness, leadership, and job training; providing social services for foster care youth, focusing on crisis management for housing and young adult life issues; developing database and workshop resources for housing foster care youth attending college or job training; and developing the Assistance in College Completion, Employment, and Socioeconomic Success (ACCESS) Center located at the CAPRI. This activity includes equipping and supporting a community resource center and job bank designed to serve foster care youth.
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