Foster Care Program 

Our Mission ...

            Our hope is to help provide support for students in foster care through a collaboration between Washoe County School District and Washoe County Human Services Agency.  

• • • • Foster is not the same as Children in Transition (CIT) although they are entitled to similar rights. 

We Can Help With ...

• Immediate enrollment within schools 
• Access to FREE school breakfast and lunch
• Assistance with school fees
• Transportation services (out of zone) 

Potential Foster Placements ...

• Foster Family Homes
• Relative Foster Placements 
• Group Homes and Kids Kottage 
• Residential Treatment Facilities 
• Pre-Adoptive Homes
• Places at Home (going home does not mean a child's case is closed) 

Things to Note ...

• SCHOOL OF ORIGIN LAW - the school in which a child is enrolled when placed in foster care or the school in which a child who is in foster care is enrolled at the most recent change in placement of the child.

Common Questions ... 

• School placement is determined by a Best Interest Determination Meeting (Child Welfare invites schools and a child's team). 
• Transportation agreements (MOU) between Child Welfare and LEA's
• Immediate enrollment: a school of origin will be released immediately, and receiving school will request records immediately.  

Please reach out for any further questions!

Claire Potichkin // Taylor Schuster 

Foster Care Program Coordinator 

Claire Potichkin

Office: (775)785-5673

cpotichkin@washoeschools.net

Foster Liaison 

Taylor Schuster 

Office: (775)353-6928

taylor.schuster@washoeschools.net