The Higher Education Initiative

The Higher Education Initiative The Higher Education Initiative (HEI) is a signature program of the Yale Black Alumni Association.

The Higher Education Initiative conducts college exposure, admissions and financial aid workshops for youth in foster care. The project was launched in Los Angeles in 2009 and has since been conducted in Chicago, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. The workshops are designed and led by students and recent graduates of Yale University. In 2014 in Los Angeles, students from other universities and colleg

es also partnered with Yale alum to administer these workshops, under the title of "The College Connection." HEI features a "crash course" on child welfare issues for students who conduct the workshops. This overview typically includes visits to juvenile court, community agencies, and government operated child welfare agencies.

03/21/2014

Over the last two days, HEI in Los Angeles or "The College Connection" conducted workshops at the Church of the Redeemer and at the Dream Center to encourage kids in foster care to attend college. Thanks to special guests Marcus Lansden (Poetic Justice Jeans), Jay Ellis (The Game) and Robert Christopher Riley (Hit the Floor) for sharing their inspirational stories. Thanks to the team of students and recent grads from Yale, Dartmouth, UCLA,CSUN and CSUDH who conducted the workshops! Thanks to the Yale Black Alumni Association, Yale Club of Los Angeles, and Chestnut 219 Empowerment, Inc. for sponsoring the event. Comments from attendees show that it was a life-changing event for the young people who came.

09/20/2013

The Voice for Adoption (http://www.voice-for-adoption.org) organization made a list of useful scholarship and college information for foster youth. Take a look!
http://www.healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Portals/0/Children/AdoptionFoster/VFA_CollegeFinancialAidResourceSheet.pdf

Voice for Adoption (VFA) develops and advocates for improved adoption policies. Recognized as a national leader in special needs adoption, VFA works closely with federal and state legislators, as well as other child welfare organizations, to make a difference in the lives of the 102,000 children in…

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09/04/2013

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A few of the HEI students waiting for the Capitol Building Tour!
08/16/2013

A few of the HEI students waiting for the Capitol Building Tour!

08/14/2013

Day 1 of the workshops! Thanks to FAN for bringing a big group down!

08/12/2013

Day 3 of the HEI. Today is Child Welfare 101 for the Yalies.

08/10/2013

The summer team will be arriving in DC later today! We are all very excited for a wonderful week of the Higher Education Initiative

07/11/2013

Summer 2013, HEI comes to Washington, DC. More information coming soon!

04/24/2013

Reminder that the application for the HEI Summer Service trip to Washington, DC is due THIS Friday, the 26th by midnight.

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