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APRIL 18 , 20071. Upcoming HEY Events
April 26th 2nd Annual Youth Leadership Awards coordinated by HEY and ILSP at 170 Otis Street, San Francisco 4:30-8 p.m. Download flyer. 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. Download flyer. 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 For more information contact: Sara Razavi at 415-808-4435 or srazavi@uwba.org. 2. Proposal to Increase funding to the Private Adoption Agency Reimbursement ProgramThere is a major initiative to increase permanence for older children and children that for other reasons do not achieve permanence. The private adoption agencies are currently doing one third of the ~7,000 children who are adopted out of foster care. They are prevented from doing more because of the huge gap between costs and funding. They are working on an increase to the Private Adoption Agency Reimbursement Program (PAARP) to eliminate the gap and allow the privates to at least double the number of children who achieve permanence through their efforts. Lots of good things about this remedy… it is performance-based (agencies only get paid if there is a placement and finalization), it saves more than it costs within only a couple of years, and it opens the door to drawing down federal adoption incentive funds of up to $10,000 per child. We just learned Friday that our request to have a hearing was granted and we will be on the Assembly Budget Subcommittee's Health and Human Services Agenda this Wednesday, April 18th. Your support will make a big difference. |
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2. Proposal to Increase funding to the Private Adoption Agency Reimbursement Program 3. SF Youth Commission now accepting applicants for the 2007-2008 term! 4. Next Generation SF: Fighting for Our Children & the Future of San Francisco 5. Fostering Art: Tuesday April 24, 2007 6. One Stop Sponsors Youth Hiring and Resource Fair on April 26, 2007 7. Skyline College Outreach Committee Breakfast on April 27, 2007 8. YDPN 5th Annual Summer Resource Exchange on April 27th 9. Youth Education Scholarship Applications Due May 18, 2007 |
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3. SF Youth Commission Now Accepting Applicants for the 2007-2008 Term!SF Youth Commission is seeking San Francisco's dynamic, innovative and involved young people to join the country's oldest and first-chartered Youth Commission in the U.S.. San Francisco Youth Commission is now accepting applicants for the 2007-2008 term. Please see attached application due May 21, 2007. Please forward to all interested applicants. For more details on the Youth Commission, please visit our website at www.sfgov.org/youth_commission or call the Commission office at 415 554-6446. 4. Next Generation SF: Fighting for Our Children & the Future of San FranciscoRALLY for
This event takes place on MAY 12TH, from 11-1PM at the SF Civic Center. It will take the whole city to raise the next generation! ENDORSE the Agenda & Rally -- forms in English, Spanish & Chinese at www.colemanadvocates.org or download the English flyer here for more information. Note: HEY’s Voices of Youth celebration takes place on the same day. Feel free to attend both of these spectacular events. 5.Fostering Art: Tuesday April 24, 2007The Fostering Art end of the year show/fund raiser is coming up! Tuesday, April 24, 6-8pm The students have made some amazing work and we hope to see all of you there. We are still selling tickets through the website, www.ahomewithin.org. Please view the invitation for more information. 6. One Stop Sponsors Youth Hiring and Resource Fair on April 26, 2007Please plan to attend One Stops Youth Hiring and Resource Fair on April 26 at 4pm. Youth ages 16 to 24 are encouraged to attend. The Resource Fair is being held at 3120 Mission Street @Cesar Chavez. Come dressed to impress. For more information please view the flyer. 7. Skyline College Outreach Committee Breakfast on April 27, 2007In our efforts to provide services and outreach to foster youth in our area, you are encouraged to attend to learn more about Skyline and what we have to offer students. You will have an opportunity to meet the Foster Youth Liaisons and to find out about our programs and services. Please view the invitation and agenda for more information. 8. YDPN 5th Annual Summer Resource Exchange on April 27thThe YDPN is gearing up for its 5th annual Summer Resource Exchange (SRE)! This yearly event connects youth workers with their peers in efforts to better connect youth to resources available over the summer. This year, we’re focusing our efforts specifically on the Excelsior neighborhood in San Francisco. The SRE will be held at and in partnership with Excelsior Middle School (aka Small Middle School for Equity) on Friday, April 27th, 2007. We’ll start with networking activities, and then host two workshops—one about the culture of the Excelsior and one about summer emergency services. Once school lets out, we’ll then invite youth and their families/guardians from the Excelsior into the school for a resource fair. Attached is the event flyer and registration/information form! Email Maria Picar for more information at mfpicar56@yahoo.com. 9. Youth Education Scholarship Applications Due May 18, 2007The Youth Education Scholarship (YES™) program was developed to help former foster youth achieve the dream of a college education or vocational training. YES™ scholarship funding is intended to supplement, but not replace, other available financial aid or scholarship funding and may be used for tuition, books, school supplies, housing, transportation, clothing, food and other education-related expenses. SVCF’s goal is to improve outcomes for all former and current foster youth who have demonstrated a personal commitment to education and the ability to achieve educational success. Please contact Isabel Chou at (408) 558-5440 or view the application for more information. 10.San Francisco’s Chronicle’s coverage of Foster CarePlease see the link below for the most recent coverage and as always you may contact me if you need links to previous articles from the past month. March 8 |
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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: