Better Futures
Better Futures helps Louisiana students with foster care backgrounds graduate high school and consider their options for post-secondary education and training.
Program GoalsThe Better Futures program helps students learn and practice self-determinations skills like:
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"Better Futures increased college enrollment and improved well-being." |
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How much does it cost?This program is fully funded by a grant and is free to attend. |
Program Impact
The Better Futures program was tested with high school seniors in Oregon who were in foster care and had mental health stressors. Better Futures was found to increase high school graduation and college enrollment and improve well-being for participants. Significant impact was also found in the realm of self-determination, mental health empowerment, postsecondary preparation, transition planning, and hope for student in the program. Youth in the intervention group also showed promising trends towards higher rates of mental health recovery and quality of life.
Better Futures is rated by the California Evidence-based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare as being supported by research evidence (Geenen et al., 2015; Philips et al., 2015).
Better Futures is a project of Louisiana State University's School of Social Work and a partnership with the LA Department of Health's Office of Behavioral Health, the LA Department of Children & Family Services, and East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools, and other agencies.