Foster Ed Connect, a free online community and resource clearinghouse for all people helping California's foster care children succeed in school, will launch April 22, 2010 at www.FosterEdConnect.org.

A free webinar will be held from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 22, the day of the launch. The webinar will explain how to take advantage of this incredible resource.

If you would like to sign up for this webinar or have any questions about the site, please contact Novella Coleman at ncoleman(at)youthlaw.org.

The website features a dynamic database of information that all adults working to support foster youth can use in their daily practice. There are resources devoted to a myriad of topics, including school enrollment and stability, state and federal legislation, dependency and juvenile court proceedings, and mental health. Foster Ed Connect also provides a forum for users to participate in conversations and ask questions of subject matter experts across the state. The website features local and statewide news and events.