Funding cut for programs that help Washington foster children navigate school • Washington State Standard

Funding cut for programs that help Washington foster children navigate school • Washington State Standard

(Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)A nonprofit organization helping foster children in Washington graduate from high school just saw its state funding chopped.  In the current two-year budget, which runs through June 30, services offered by the group, called Treehouse, were expanded. But the spending plan Gov. Bob Ferguson signed Tuesday includes cuts that are equal to a third of the group’s overall budget. Graduation rates for foster children ar…

Funding cut for programs that help Washington foster children navigate school

OLYMPIA, WA – A nonprofit organization helping foster children in Washington graduate from high school just saw its state funding chopped. In the current two-year budget, which runs through June 30, services offered by the group, called Treehouse, were expanded. But the spending plan Gov. Bob Ferguson signed Tuesday includes cuts that are equal to a third of the group’s overall budget. Graduation rates for foster children are the lowest among pu…