providing youth in foster care a custom plan to graduation and
college.
Bright futures start here.
The TasselTurn platform empowers housing insecure and youth in foster care (whom we call Pioneers) to graduate high school accepted to college.
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starting in high school, pioneers use our platform to receive:
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Personal Educational Coaching
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Online Courses and Tutoring
3
College Counseling
4
Career Exploration and Development
“[TasselTurn] represents the power of working at the community level.”
Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj
Forbes
INTRODUCING
COMMENCEMENT
CREATED BY TASSELTURN EDUCATION
Commencement is a FREE digital learning lab connecting foster parents, educators, social workers, and caring others to culturally responsive resources, tools, and strategies to support the educational needs of foster care-involved learners on their pathway to graduation and college.
Content from mainstream TV shows and films
Masterclasses from child psychologists and academics
Learning activities that foster parents, educators, social workers, and caring others can engage with from anywhere in the world.
MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO OUR PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS
We envision a world where all students have access to opportunities and information that will allow them to reach their post-secondary educational aspirations.
EVERY youth experiencing instability deserves to graduate high school and be connected to college, career, and community.
7/10
Students in our program attend college
74%
Alumni college graduates are gainfully employed in careers
Change the narrative for foster care-involved youth
Education makes life better for foster care alumni.
60%
Alumni college graduates own a home
93%
Alumni college graduates no longer need government assistance
81%
Alumni college graduates earn a liveable wage
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT?
We improve transition outcomes for youth in care through an educational lens versus the standard clinical approach.
We live where street smarts meet book smarts, because that’s where our pioneers live, too.
Shanté Elliott, whose story intersects with foster care, was inspired on her journey to healing to start TasselTurn, to support other youth in care in realizing their potential.
Now, more than ever, we need targeted and intentional solutions to change outcomes.
1:1 Support
We match pioneers with virtual education coaches who stick with them to ensure they graduate high school connected to a post-secondary opportunity.
Resources
In addition to 24/7 support, we offer online skill-building courses, tutoring, financial incentives, and direct connections to recruitment partners and programs at educational institutions.
