{"id":15474,"date":"2026-06-22T18:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=15474"},"modified":"2026-06-22T18:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:00:03","slug":"most-new-york-city-foster-youth-are-chronically-absent-from-school-new-data-shows","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/zh\/articles\/most-new-york-city-foster-youth-are-chronically-absent-from-school-new-data-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Most New York City Foster Youth Are Chronically Absent From School, New Data Shows"},"template":"","class_list":["post-15474","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-afc-in-the-news","topic_tax-foster-students"],"acf":{"component_standard_hero":{"":null,"excerpt":"","short_description":"","button":{"":null,"link_type":"page","page":{"title":"\u9605\u8bfb\u6587\u7ae0","url":"https:\/\/imprintnews.org\/child-welfare-2\/nyc-foster-youth-need-better-access-to-school-buses-new-report-finds\/275465","target":"_blank"},"file":null,"title":""},"image":15475,"disable_share_icons":false},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<strong>\u5370\u8bb0\u00a0<\/strong>| More than half of New York City\u2019s foster youth were chronically absent from school last year, in part because of frequent mid-year transfers and unreliable school bus service, according to a new report by the nonprofit Advocates for Children.\r\n\r\nAttendance and graduation rates had improved over the past decade due to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/imprintnews.org\/featured\/federal-education-overhaul-what-it-means-for-child-welfare-juvenile-justice\/14745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">federal regulations<\/a>\u00a0\u548c\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/imprintnews.org\/news-2\/new-york-city-fair-futures-foster-youth\/35707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">efforts<\/a>\u00a0by the city\u2019s Administration for Children\u2019s Services, with more students remaining in their \u201cschool of origin\u201d after entering foster care.\r\n\r\nBut those gains have stalled since 2019, said Erika Palmer, one of the authors of the report released Monday.\r\n\r\nThe nonprofit Advocates for Children of New York analyzed data from New York City Public Schools during the 2024-25 school year. They found 55% of foster youth were chronically absent, and nearly 12% missed more than half the school year. By comparison, only 35% of students outside the foster care system were chronically absent.\r\n\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s painful to watch children miss weeks of class, be forced to leave familiar teachers and friends behind, or endure unnecessary changes in foster care placements simply because they have no way to get to school from their foster home,\u201d Palmer, who leads the nonprofit\u2019s Project Achieve, said in a press release. 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