Using a Self-Service Online Portal to Improve Outreach for Foster Youth

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Using a Self-Service Online Portal to Improve Outreach for Foster Youth

By Dioselin Gonzalez, Mukunda Penugonde, Eva Pereira, and Maayan Roth

This policy brief recommends the creation of a self-service online portal by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) to improve outcomes for foster youth. The portal would allow aging-out foster youth to provide, edit, and update their contact information. This tool will enhance the ability of service-providing agencies to reach those youth reliably and so to connect the youth to government and community resources.

This brief was completed as part of a project for the 2023 Tech Executive Leadership Initiative (TELI), hosted in conjunction with the Tech Talent Project.

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