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2. 2nd HEY Training: Special Education and Prenatal Exposure 3. Save the Dates—HEY’s Foster Month Celebration 4. Nominations for 2nd Annual Youth Leadership Award Due April 6, 2007 5. Foster Children Self Support Act 6. Indi City at San Francisco ILSP 7. Maria Shriver's EITC Initiative at Laney College 8.Opportunity: Part-Time Clerk position at Lewis Feinberg Firm 9. First Place for Youth “STEP IT UP” Upcoming Orientations 10. City College of San Francisco Announces Orientations to DSPS |
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3. Save the Dates—HEY’s Foster Month Celebration
April 26th 2nd Annual Youth Leadership Awards coordinated by HEY and ILSP at 170 Otis Street, San Francisco 4:30-8 p.m. For more information contact: Sara Razavi 415-808-4435 or srazavi@uwba.org. May 1st 4th Annual HEY Foster Youth Connections Breakfast (previously known as HEY Job Shadow Day) to benefit Honoring Emancipated Youth (HEY) from 8 - 9 a.m. at San Francisco's Palace Hotel (2 Montgomery, San Francisco) followed by day of job shadowing by youth with community leaders. The job shadow experience runs from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. For more information contact: Sara at 415-808-4435 or emailsrazavi@uwba.org. May 12th 4th Annual “Voices of Youth 2007: Success through Empowerment,” a community carnival and celebration honoring foster youth and their families. There will be free food, community resources, music, and games! Location: San Francisco, Justin Hermann Plaza (near Embarcadero BART) Time: 12:00 until 4:00 Cost: Free 4. Nominations for 2nd Annual Youth Leadership Award Due April 6, 2007Any current or former foster youth (up to 25 years old) can be nominated for the Foster Care Month Youth Awards. All those nominated will be honored! We have two honorees categories: Youth (17 and under) and Young Adults (18-25). This is an opportunity for youth and young adults to be a recognized with gifts and a reception event, on Thursday, April 26th 2007. For more information or to complete the nomination form see our flyer. 5. Foster Children Self Support ActClick here to read a statement by Congressman Pete Stark outlining his support of the Foster Children Self Support Act. 6. Indi City at San Francisco ILSPJoin ILSP for Independent City where you will learn how to get vital documents, information about housing options and access resources that will help you for your future. This event will take place on: Thursday April 12, 2007 Don’t Forget—
To register call Emily at 415-934-4211. 7. Maria Shriver's EITC Initiative at Laney CollegeOn Thursday April 12th, from 11 AM to 4 PM, United Way of the Bay Area will co-host the final event of California's First Lady Maria Shriver's statewide tour to bring attention to the significant benefit which the Earned Income Tax Credit provides to low and moderate income families. The day's activities will include free tax services, a resource fair populated by many of the community partners who have partnered with EKS for many years, and a series of mini financial seminars presented by some of EKS's financial partners. Click here to view the flyer in English and Spanish. 8. Opportunity: Part-Time Clerk position at Lewis Feinberg FirmLewis Feinberg law firm in downtown Oakland is looking for a Part-Time File Clerk to work approximately 20 hours a week, preferably 4 hours a day but some other arrangement can be made. This position is perfect for a college student. Duties include filing correspondence, retrieving files from the 10th floor, creating file folders and redwells for documents, updating law books, aiding legal assistants with pleadings filing and doing other general office tasks as assigned. A general knowledge of office equipment, computers and word processing programs required. Some college education preferred but not required. If you know anyone that might be interested please have them send a resume 9. First Place for Youth “STEP IT UP” Upcoming OrientationsTake your first steps to planning your future at First Place. “Step It Up” is a two-week economic literacy class that prepares your for independent living. Completion of the class is required to enter First Place’s Housing Programs. All participants receive a $10/hour stipend for attendance and upt o $25 in public transportation assistance. Tuesday, April 17, 2007 All orientations are held at First Place for Youth, 519 17th St. Suite 600, Oakland, CA 94612. Cross street is Telegraph. Contact: Ly Franshaua N. Pipkins, (510) 272-0979 x244 lpipkins@firstplacefund.org 10.San Francisco’s Chronicle’s coverage of Foster CarePlease see the links below for the most recent coverage and as always you may contact me if you need links to previous articles from the past month. Tuesday, March 27, 2007 |
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National Foster Care Month (May) is right around the corner and you will soon receive more information on each of the following events, but in the meantime please be sure to mark your calendars for the following HEY organized events: