Youth in Care

Dave Whiting Youth in Custody
Director

Welcome to the YIC webpage for Tooele School District. YIC stands for Youth in Care. We support students who may be in foster care or residential treatment within the district.

YIC’s purpose is for additional support or to level the playing field for at-risk students. For students in schools we mentor, we pull in resources, we work to help students and families access the resources needed.

Our students might be found at a variety of schools, each working on individual goals, honing skills and working toward graduation.

Check and Connect

YIC students have all the rights regular education students have. If they have a disability, they have a right to an IEP. In addition to those supports we provide mentoring using the Check and Connect model. Our C & C mentors meet at least weekly with students and do the following:

Check—regular checks, using school data on adjustment, behavior, and educational progress.

Connect—timely interventions, driven by data to reestablish studnt connection to school and learning and to enhance students’ social and academic competencies.

Family Engagement—mentors engage with guardians to foster their active participation in their students education.

build relationships
help students participate at school
help students and families navigate schools and track progress
personalize interventions and target strategies to meet student needs
work collaboratively with families and teachers and other adults to support the student
make referrals for students and families
help students make personal educational goals—both immediate and future-oriented
help students to problem solve and successfully meet the demands of the school environment

Intake Information

If your YIC student is enrolling in Tooele School District, here are the steps.

The guardian or Case manager contacts the boundary school district. Also cc the YIC director and Kelly Russell, who will help the school manage all the documents.
Bring a birth certificate, check-out form from the former school, and birth certificate to the school.
If the student is in custody, there is a YIC intake form the case manager sends to us.
We create a contact loop for communication that includes cc’s to
- School counselor
- School principal
- YIC director
- YIC mentor
- SPED (as needed)
On receipt of the YIC intake form we schedule a staffing for the student
The school will request the transcript and IEP and SPED file from the former school. YIC will confirm the request was made. Case managers should include both the school and YIC in their requests.
The school will request the cumulative folder.
If the placement is unclear, we hold a sidebar with the SSB director and YIC director and SPED specialist to determine whether further information is needed or if the case should be considered by CMT.
The case manager or guardian completes enrollment in Skyward.
Staffing is held. Mentor is assigned.
Schedule is created.
Student attends class.