Placer County Office of Education Foster Youth Services partners with the Children's System of Care to identify provides educational case management for students and foster care.  

Eligibility - Open to any foster case.  

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Youth are eligible for ILP services from age 14 to the day before their 21st birthday, provided one of the following criteria is met:

• Youth was/is in foster care at least one day after their 16th birthday
• Youth is a former dependent who entered into a kinship guardianship at any age and is receiving/received Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payments (KinGAP) between ages 16-18
• Youth is a former dependent who entered into a Non-Related Legal Guardianship (NRLG) after attaining age 8 and is receiving/received permanent placement services
• Youth is between 14-15 years with an open dependency case (in placement) & attending school or living in Placer County (*if youth remains in out of home placement at least one day after their 16th birthday, youth will remain eligible for ILP services}.

The Placer County Independent Living Program (ILP) delivers services in the community where foster youth are living and learning. Their mission is to promote self-sufficiency among transition-aged youth related to:

• Personal development and resiliency
• Employment readiness
• Job placement assistance
• Financial independence
• Education
• Housing
• Health care
• and more

Staff approach all youth work with a lens of trauma-informed care, continually striving to provide environments that are safe, positive, predictable, consistent, and equitable.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.placercoe.org/Pages/PCOE/Home.aspx
• Independent Living Program (ILP) - https://www.placercoe.org/Pages/PCOE/Educational-Services/Prevention-Supports-and-Services/Independent-Living-Program.aspx