By Josefina on March 25, 2010
In the last several days Alameda County Foster Youth Alliance has spoken about the current opportunity to shape investment of Waiver dollars to support Transition Age Youth. In specific, SSA is seeking input regarding purchasable services that address Waiver Goal 5:
To improve self-sufficiency and well-being for transition age youth emancipating from foster care.
The input and [...]
Posted in Foster Care Updates, Local Foster Care Policy Updates | Tagged bay area, child care, Education, employment, jobs, training, transitional age youth
By Dana Mandolesi on March 1, 2010
HEY has released 4 new HEY Statistics focusing on foster youth and unemployment. The 4 HEY Statistics paint a picture of the barriers foster youth face while searching for and keeping employment. They express the current services available to them to assist them to find employment, and provide best practices for youth serving agencies. The HEY Statistics also focus on how to best track foster youth data, how organizations can better serve foster youth in employment programs, and the value of tracking foster youth data in their programs.
Check out the HEY Statistics:
Posted in Foster Care Library, Trends To Watch | Tagged data, employment, foster youth, HEY, hey statistics, unemployment
By Dana Mandolesi on January 26, 2010
As more agencies gear up to improve their services for the employment needs of older youth who are either currently or were formerly in foster care, HEY recommends reviewing the following Chapin Hall paper for those interested in improving their employment service programs for this population.
Employment Needs of Foster Youth in Illinois: Findings from the Midwest Study
The limited research that has been done on young adults who “aged out” of foster care has found that their labor market outcomes are generally quite poor. This study describes what Illinois young people told us about their current and prior participation in the labor force, including work-related training or services they received.
Read Employment Needs of Foster Youth in Illinois: Findings from the Midwest Study by Amy Dworsky and Judy Havlicek.
http://www.chapinhall.org/research/report/employment-needs-foster-youth-illinois-findings-midwest-study
Posted in Foster Care Library | Tagged chapin hall, employment, foster youth, illinois, midwest, unemployment
By admin on January 25, 2010
The United Way of the Bay Area invites community members to a panel discussion on creating pathways out of poverty for the more than 440,000 Bay Area families who are struggling to make ends meet, according to United Way’s recently released “Struggling to Make Ends Meet in the Bay Area.”
We’ll be discussing the implications of the report and cross-sector solutions that are having measurable long-term results with a panel of experts in education, workforce and economic development.
Where: Commonwealth Club of California, 595 Market Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
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When: February 09, 2010, 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Breakfast will be served.
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For more information about this event visit our webpage. Please contact Kathy Mooney at [email protected] if you have any questions about the event or how to register.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged data, Education, employment, pathways out of poverty, poverty, United Way