The WHIT Program

Foster children have the lowest high-school graduation rate of any group tracked by the state of Texas. Lower than poor children, lower than ESL students, lower even than homeless children. We at The WHIT Program aim to change that.

We take volunteer university students and train them in tutoring, confidentiality, and spotting abuse and neglect. After a background check, we match the volunteer tutors with a foster child who is behind in school. Our tutors meet weekly with their foster until the foster reaches grade level.

Foster kids start behind, we catch them up.