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2020-2021: Spencer Foundation Foster and Housing Insecure Youth Network Improvement Community
Orange County faces a persistent housing insecurity problem – approximately 27,000 youth experience housing insecurity each year. Homelessness rose 54 percent between 2013 and 2017 in Orange County, with an estimated cost of $300 million per year to our collective communities. Persistent housing problems will also become increasingly pressing as the economic impacts of COVID-19 continue to compound in coming years.

In August, the Spencer Foundation awarded a grant to OCEAN to, alongside local school and community organizations, implement systems to support housing insecure and foster youth. Our project is an opportunity to address housing insecurity at a large scale and encourage stakeholders across the county to take action and develop new strategies to support our vulnerable youth. Over the next two years, OCEAN professors and graduate students will hold convenings with school administrators, staff, and students to identify best practices and build a data sharing platform to track improvements in supporting housing insecure and foster youth. We invite local school leaders and the Orange County community to join in this partnership with OCEAN. Together, we have an opportunity to address housing insecurity across the county, develop novel strategies, and take action.


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About the University of California, Irvine - School of Education
One of the nation’s premier education schools, the UCI School of Education is focused on advancing educational sciences and contributing to improved educational opportunities and outcomes for individuals across the entire lifespan. A diverse, dynamic and collaborative institution, the School of Education’s research, community partnerships and programming are dedicated to producing innovative scholarship, addressing the needs of local schools, and inspiring future generations of educators. Established in 2012, the School of Education ranks No. 23 in the U.S. News & World Report’s list of top graduate schools of education, No. 13 among public schools. Located in the heart of diverse and burgeoning Orange County – the nation’s sixth most populous county – the School of Education is uniquely positioned to serve as a model for a 21st Century school of education. For more information, please visit our website.

  • Home
  • About
    • What We Do
    • News and Resources
    • Current and Past Partners
    • Meet the Team
    • Regional & National Collaborators
  • Featured Work
    • The Santa Ana Early Learning Initiative and Fractions in the Schoolyard
    • Spencer Foundation Foster and Housing Insecure Youth Network Improvement Community
    • El Sol Academy
    • Marco Forster Middle School
    • Samueli Academy
    • Valley High School
  • Sponsorship
    • Current Sponsors
    • Support OCEAN