Honoring Emancipated Youth (HEY)Education

Inside the Research: Does Keeping Youth in Foster Care Beyond Age 18 Help to Prevent Homelessness?

Josefina — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:23:36 +0000

Allowing young people to remain in foster care until their 21st birthday may not prevent but may delay entry into homelessness. Foster youth in Illinois are about one-third as likely to become homeless by age 19 and about three-quarters as likely to become homeless by age 21 as foster youth in Wisconsin and Iowa. However, by age 23 or 24, those differences have nearly disappeared.

Read the Inside the Research on homelessness among former foster youth.

Transitioning Out of Foster Care into Adulthood: Outcomes at Ages 23 and 24

Josefina — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:15:18 +0000

New Findings from Midwest Study on Transitioning Out of Foster Care into Adulthood: Outcomes at Ages 23 and 24
The Midwest Study provides a comprehensive picture of how foster youth are faring during this transition since the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 became law. Young people who age out of foster care continue to face major challenges in their early twenties, often unable to complete their educations and find housing and jobs. These new findings look at the outcomes at ages 23 and 24.

Read Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth
by Mark E. Courtney, Amy Dworsky, JoAnn S. Lee, and Melissa Raap.

Leadership and Child Welfare Systems: The Role of State Legislators

Josefina — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:04:51 +0000

Leadership and Child Welfare Systems: The Role of State Legislators

This brief discusses the critical role the State legislators play in supporting greater stability for child welfare agency leadership and the importance of Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs) as a tool for legislators in assessing child welfare system performance. It also describes the role of legislator-agency collaboration in bringing about system improvement through the CFSR process. The brief was produced for the Children’s Bureau by the technical assistance (TA) to State legislators on the CFSRs project component, managed by JBS International, Inc., with support from project subcontractor the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
http://www.ncsl.org/documents/cyf/Leadership_and_Child_Welfare.pdf

This project component provides free TA to State legislators and child welfare agencies interested in stronger links between legislators and agencies, as well as strategies for strengthening their child welfare systems. States interested in arranging a TA event should contact Randi Walters, TA to State legislators project component, at LegTA@jbsinternational.com, (301) 495-1080.

Advanced Analytics for Child Welfare Administration

In partnership with Casey Family Programs, Chapin Hall and the Center for State Foster Care and Adoption Data are pleased to offer Advanced Analytics for Child Welfare Administration, a five-day course for child welfare managers, on June 21-25, 2010, in downtown Chicago. The purpose of the course is to enable participants to become critical users and consumers of child welfare administrative data as a means toward making continuous quality improvements in their organizations. Participants accepted for the Advanced Analytics course will receive full support for tuition, room, and most meals. Travel, ground transportation, and three evening meals are the responsibility of the student. The course is limited to eighteen participants. Applications are due on or before April 23, 2010.
http://www.chapinhall.org/events/advanced-analytics-child-welfare-administration-1

Cancellation of Early Academic Planning Camp at San Jose State

Josefina — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:00:27 +0000

The CME Society will be unable to provide the Early Academic Planning Camp this Summer 2010, due to funding constraints facing their sponsors. Many youth supporters and colleagues have already contacted their office regarding the application for the camp. The CME Society appreciate their support and deeply regret they will not be able to invite youth to their campus this summer.

It is unfortunate that this opportunity for foster youth in California, has been canceled, but they would like to encourage youth to seek out the pre college programs in their local county community colleges and universities, such as Upward Bound, GEAR Up and other pre-college experiences being held at CSUs and UC schools. Although their Early Academic Planning Camp program was tailored to work with foster youth, these other programs will be a great opportunity for foster youth in their county who are interested in pursuing higher education.

Hopefully they can bring it back in future summers.

HEY Education Workgroup Meeting

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:15:45 +0000

Date: November 10, 2009 San Francisco ILSP, 225 Valencia Street, SF. This workgroup is a convening of local foster care education providers and supporters. Our goal is to provide training and support to direct service providers who work with foster youth. Related posts:HEY’s Education Workgroup HEY Core Area Workgroup HEY Announces Updated Workgroups Focusing on the Needs of Foster Youth Related posts: