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2. HEY’s Emancipated Youth Advocacy Board Corner 4. Articles Reports Opportunities 6. Future Leaders Institute Looking for Leaders! 7. Young Worker Leadership Academies – Jan and Feb 2008 8. Mayor’s Transitional Youth Taskforce – Director of the Interagency Council on TAY 9. CYC San Francisco Chapter looking for Adult Supporters! Events 13. The Gathering for Justice National Convention, Nov 17-18, Oakland Resources 15. RESOURCE of the MONTH: ITOP
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1. HEY, What’s Going On?!HEY’s new Project Manager! Dana comes to HEY with great research experience as well as work experience in emergency and community development work and planning. She has worked and collaborated with FEMA, HUD, American Red Cross, as well as small non-profits. Most recently she was doing disaster work in New Orleans with the Katrina disaster. Her research background and work experience will be a great value to HEY and we look forward to introducing Dana to our great partners. Dana’s contact information is: 415-808-4284 or dmandolesi@uwba.org HEY Employment Workgroup Meeting HEY Training on SFUSD Foster Youth Services Program Trainings are bi-monthly from 9:30-12 at San Francisco ILSP. HEY Education Workgroup Meeting Meetings are on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 9:30-11 at San Francisco ILSP. Questions, please contact Sara Razavi at 415-808-4435. 2. HEY’s Emancipated Youth Advocacy Board (EYAB) CornerHEY’s EYAB is currently in recess till new the start of HEY’s new Project Manager. Recruitment efforts for the new board will begin early next 2008. 3. Policy UpdatesState Bills awaiting governor's action AB1331, Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa. Ensures SSI for youth exiting foster care with serious physical or mental disability. AB3340, Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley. Requires CDSS to establish a unified process for licensing foster family homes. AB149, Karen Bass, D-Baldwin Vista (L.A. County) Requires CDSS to invest in technology to locate family members. AB402, Fiona Ma, D-San Francisco. Changes tax law to allow foster youth to inherit property. AB1453, Nell Soto, D-Pomona (L.A. County) Requires CDSS to develop a plan to reform the current group care foster system to a system of residentially based services. AB277, Soto. Increases foster parent training from 8 to 12 hours annually, and requires that the training include information about the court system. SB785, Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento. Requires CDSS to improve access to mental health services for foster children living outside their county of origin. SB39, Carole Migden, D-San Francisco. Increase public access to information about foster facilities. SB241, Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica. Requires counties pay for legal costs that cannot be paid by parents at probate proceedings. Some Federal good news: President Bush signed into law the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (HR 2669), the bill includes the Fostering Adoption to Further Student Achievement Act amendment, making it possible for teens in foster care to be adopted without losing access to college financial aid. Under this new law, youth who are adopted after their 13th birthday will not have to include their parents' income in the calculations for determining their need for financial aid, however, please note that the new provisions are effective 7-1-09 (for the 2009-10 year). Please let your students know that Freshman (first FAFSA will be 2011-12), Sophomores (first FAFSA will be 2010-11) and Juniors (first FAFSA will be 2009-10) are eligible for this law, however, Seniors (who will complete the 2008-09 FAFSA) are not yet eligible. This year's seniors and older youth who previously transitioned may become eligible or more eligible in the 2009-10 award year. |
Articles“Aging out of foster care—and into college” “Survey: Rates for Foster Care Inadequate” “Most Homeless Youth Lack Health Insurance” “Foster care overhaul – some say long overdue – on governor’s desk” “Napa volunteers hammer out plan to ease transitions for foster children” “Drive to give youths time: advocates say an extra year in foster care could help disabled teens stay off streets” “Miss Carbonell goes to Washington” “From foster kid to adult” “Foster children find Latino-friendly homes” Reports 5. Every Child Deserves a Permanent Family: Subsidized Guardianship as a Common Sense Solution for Children in Long-Term Relative Foster Care, 2007 Opportunities6. Future Leaders Institute Looking for Leaders!The Future Leaders Institute is looking for foster youth to participate in a foster youth focused team. Click here for more information about The Future Leaders Institute. This will be a collaborative project with support from San Francisco Foster Youth Services Program (FYS). For more information contact The Future Leaders Institute: (510) 292-8181 or info@thefutureleadersinstitute.org or Maya Webb at SF FYS at 415-242-2615, ext. 3310, or Webbm1@sfusd.edu. 7. Young Worker Leadership Academies – Jan and Feb 2008 8. Mayor’s Transitional Youth Taskforce – Director of the Interagency Council on TAY The job description for the Director of the Interagency Council on Transitional Youth has been posted. The description is available at http://www.craigslist.org/sfc/npo/419256602.html Any questions, please contact: 9. CYC San Francisco Chapter looking for Adult Supporters! Are you interested in Empowerment and Leadership Development for Current and Former Foster Youth? California Youth Connection (CYC) is looking for adults who live or work in San Francisco to become Adult Supporters with our organization. CYC is a youth-led organization working to improve the foster care system through policy change. CYC Members are 14-24 year old current and former foster youth fighting to improve the system on the state and local level. Click here for more information. Upcoming Events10. Adolescent Health Work Group (AHWG) hosts the Family Acceptance Project Forum, Fri. Oct 26 from 9-11 AM 11. Creating a Blueprint: Building Support for Students From Foster Care on Higher Education Campuses November 7 - 9, 2007; Santa Clara, CA. Priority registration is currently open to colleges and universities. Spaces will be open to other registrants after September 25, 2007. Click here for more information and to register. 12. The Mental Health Association of San Francisco: Hoarding and Cluttering Conference 2007, Oct 18 from 9-4 p.m. REGISTER NOW! 13. The Gathering for Justice National Convention, Nov 17-18, Oakland “The Gathering for Justice,” is a social justice organization founded by Mr. Belafonte two years ago in response to the crisis of incarceration facing youth today. To date, Mr. Belafonte and The Gathering for Justice executive committee have convened over 1,000 youth and elders to participate in interracial and intergenerational regional convening’s to discuss the current issues affecting young people in their geographic area and current efforts being led by outstanding groups in cities all over the US. The first annual national Gathering will provide opportunities unlike those at other national conferences. We will provide a space for dialogue, share stories and strategies, provide skills-building opportunities, and build sacred relationships. We will leave with an assignment, a commitment to each other and to a process, and a common covenant. Participants of this historical event will reflect the diversity of the communities mobilizing around the country. This work is also being supported by US House of Representative Barbara Lee and Mayor of Oakland, Ron Dellums. The Gathering will be held at the Oakland Convention Center and lunch will be provided. To RSVP, please send an email with your name, contact information, and organizational affiliation to kazu@peacefund.org. Please respond by October 17. Resources14. RESOURCE of the MONTH—ITOP October is Disability Employment Month! Support For Families of Children With Disabilities For more information or to submit an announcement for next month, please contact Sara Razavi at 415-808-4435 or srazavi@uwba.org. Honoring Emancipated Youth This newsletter is solely for informational purposes; the legislative information and articles do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Honoring Emancipated Youth collaborative or United Way of the Bay Area. |
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