Irreducible Grace Foundation

irreducible grace foundation works with youth, especially youth of color and youth who are aging out of foster care or state guardianship, to become highly successful adults. we assist youth to develop or repair emotional trust in adults, while planning and achieving their college, career, and life goals. our organization started in 2012 by a group of saint paul public schools educators, led by dr. darlene fry, who saw the large racial disparities of on-time graduation rates between african american, american indian, and hispanic students to their caucasian and asian counterparts. in looking deeper into this "off-track"-titled population, nearly 90% of them had been in out-of-home placement during their school career. (out-of-home placement covers foster care, homelessness, juvenile detention, and chemical rehabilitation). in conducting listening sessions with youth from these populations we learned that many began their out-of-home placements in foster care. for many, this created a