The Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) and the Ministry of Education (MEd), in consultation with regional representatives and public and independent school representatives, created these cross-ministry guidelines to improve information sharing, strengthen practice and joint planning, and promote effective communication among teachers, school-based teams, child welfare workers, caregivers and family members. Specifically, these guidelines are provided to assist school staff, child welfare workers and caregivers in responding to significant transitions for children and youth in care, including changing living arrangements, coming into foster care, or moving to a different school. The guidelines also apply to children and youth in care who have not recently experienced transition, but perhaps experience periods of increased vulnerability and difficulty as they grow and mature. For example, some children and youth in care might be experiencing mental health challenges related to trauma they have experienced. The guidelines focus on the importance of an information-sharing process that can help child welfare workers, school staff and caregivers in their efforts to provide continuity and stability, and to nurture a sense of belonging in educational programming. The goal is to help children and youth in care develop personal resiliency by putting in place the appropriate protective factors such as daily attendance, that will position them for greater success in school. Positive working relationships already exist regionally between many delegated child welfare workers and their education counterparts; these updated guidelines are therefore to support ongoing collaboration and ensure clarity in information-sharing practices and planning. In doing so, the guidelines can help child welfare workers and school staff determine appropriate goals and necessary supports, and monitor ongoing student progress and educational outcomes for children and youth in care. [These guidelines are an updated version of the original "Joint Educational Planning and Support for Children and Youth in Care: Cross-Ministry Guidelines" (2008).]