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January 15, 2008To submit an announcement to the FYA Weekly Bulletin, email bulletins@fosteryouthalliance.org. |
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In This Issue3. Renaissance Scholars Application 4. ICPC 8. Trainings |
FYA News & EventsNext FYA Meeting: TOMORROW The next FYA membership meeting will be held tomorrow, Friday, January 16th, from 9:30 to 11:30, at the NEW ILSP classroom located at 675 Hegenberger Road, Suite 100, Oakland. We will be joined by the youth of YAP (Alameda County Youth Adult Partnership) who will present a panel discussion on extending foster care to age 21. THP-Plus UpdateFrom the John Burton Foundation THP-Plus Update: Governor’s Proposed Budget for FY 2009-10: THP-Plus Holds Steady On Friday, Governor Schwarzenegger released details for his proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009-10. The proposed THP-Plus budget holds steady at $40.8 million. The Governor and legislature will continue to meet to address the state’s $41.6 billion budget deficit, which the Governor is proposing to address through a combination of tax increases and spending cuts. Although the Governor’s proposed budget includes no direct cuts to foster care funding, it does include a number of cuts to other human services, including children’s mental health care and child care services. For more information about Governor Schwarzenegger’s budget proposal, please visit the California’s Budget Project’s website at http://www.cbp.org/ or the California Department of Finance at http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/. Renaissance ScholarsRenaissance Scholars at Cal State East Bay Click here for the updated 2009-2010 Cal State East Bay Renaissance Scholars Application, which is due by June 1st. Visit their website here.
ICPC Meeting January 22ndNext General Meeting of the Alameda County Interagency Children’s Policy Council: January 22nd The next ICPC meeting will be January 22nd from 12pm to 2pm at 1401 Lakeside, Conference Room 1107 in Oakland. Personal Finance for Foster YouthFrom the NRCFCPPP Weekly Update 1/14/09 Personal Finance Guides for Foster Youth The Casey Foundation and the National Endowment for Financial Education jointly published this series of guidebooks expressly for use by foster children and teens to educate them about personal finance and empower them to make sound decisions about reaching their future goals. They were developed after speaking with foster parents, youth counselors, social workers, and other foster care professionals. The guidebooks include: I Know Where I’m Going (But Will My Cash Keep Up?): Part One and Two; Money Pals: Being Cool with Cash, Part One and Two; and, Caregiver’s Handbook for Money Pals: “Being Cool with Cash” and “I Know Where I’m Going (But Will My Cash Keep Up?)”. Job AnnouncementsBay Area Youth Centers Seeks Clinical Supervisor Bay Area Youth Centers (a division of Sunny Hills Services) is a Hayward CA based non-profit agency that serves adolescents in out-of-home placement. BAYC provides long term residential services that emphasize preparation for independent living in a youth development, milieu therapy model. Programs are team centered, led by a master’s level social worker and supervisor and focus on the following areas: educational achievement, fostering permanency, self-sufficiency training, self-awareness and health. BAYC is seeking a Clinical Supervisor. Click here for the job announcement. ********************************************************************** Indian Dispute Resolution Services Seeks Public Policy Advocate/Campaign Organizer Indian Dispute Resolution Services, Inc (IDRS) is a national Indian governed non-profit corporation that has provided leadership training and technical services to Indian tribes and organizations since 1989. IDRS’ program is designed to strengthen Indian leaders’ ability to reach agreement on their communities’ priorities and direction, and to increase these leaders’ ability to protect and promote their interests in negotiations with county, state and federal governments and agencies. IDRS is seeking a Public Policy Advocate/Campaign Organizer. Click here for the job announcement. ********************************************************************** CYC Seeks Executive Director California Youth Connection (CYC) was founded in 1988 on a model of youth empowerment and is the only nonprofit organization in California with a membership of current and former foster youth engaging with partners in their local communities to improve the foster care system. CYC is seeking an experienced community leader with a personal or vocational connection to the foster youth movement to serve as Executive Director. Click here for the job announcement. Juvenile Justice ReformFrom the NRCFCPPP Weekly Update 1/14/09 Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) Certificate Programs Open for Applications The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University’s Public Policy Institute launched its 2009 Certificate Programs, which will be offered in Washington, DC. The two Certificate Programs, one designed for individuals and one for multi-system jurisdictional teams, seek to advance cross systems work to improve outcomes for youth involved in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems. Through the generous support of Casey Family Programs and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the programs provide participating jurisdictions with expert guidance and professional resources to support their work across the juvenile justice, child welfare, education, and related systems of care. Current and future public agency leaders at State, local and tribal levels within juvenile justice and related systems of care who are interested in and committed to cross systems efforts are encouraged to apply. In particular, directors and senior staff from juvenile probation and corrections, child welfare, education, substance abuse and mental health agencies; family court judges; prosecutors or public defenders; as well as political leaders, senior staff and representatives from governor’s offices, county commissions, city councils and State legislatures would benefit from this program. The Certificate Program for Individuals will take place June 12-18, 2009; applications for this program are due March 2, 2009. The Certificate Program for Teams/Breakthrough Series Collaborative will take place July 24-29, 2009; applications for this program are due March 23, 2009. For more information and to apply, please visit: http://cjjr.georgetown.edu TrainingsSeneca Center, in partnership with Chabot-Las-Positas Community College District and Alameda County presents… Working with Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Out of Home Care — 5 BBS CEUs and 5 RN Contact Hours Presented by: Cheryl Markowitz Date: February 18th, 2009 Time: 10:00 AM-3:00 PM Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St. Suite 290 Oakland, CA 94607 Cost: There is no cost to attend the training, which is underwritten by Title IV-E training funds. Notice of cancellation is required or a $25 no-show fee will be assessed. Click here for a flyer with more information! Thank you, and please contact the training department at (510) 317-1446, ext. 411 with any questions! |
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