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To submit an announcement to the FYA Weekly Bulletin, email Amy Freeman: bulletins@fosteryouthalliance.org. Announcements received on Wednesday morning will be included in the Thursday Bulletin.
If you can not view this bulletin clearly, click here to read it at http://www.acfya.org/bulletin/index.htm
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| This will be the last FYA bulletin for 2005. Any announcements submitted in the next week will be published in the bulletin on January 5, 2006. |
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| FYA Professional Development Trainings |
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| Start the new year with a FYA Professional Development Training. The next FYA Brown Bag Training for Managers will be held on Thursday, January 5th, 12:00-2:00 at Ross House, 485 Ninth Street, Oakland, near the 12th Street BART station. The topic will be “Team Building Skills for Managers.”
On Tuesday, January 10th, from 9:30-12:30, the FYA Professional Development Training will focus on “Crisis Management & De-escalation Communication.” This training will be held at the ILSP office, 2647 International Blvd., Suite 312, Oakland.
These trainings are joint projects of FYA, Seneca Center, and Chabot FKCE. To RSVP, email Amy Freeman at afreeman@fosteryouthalliance.org or call 510-444-4025, x235.
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| Guide to Permanency Options for youth |
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The Department of Children and Family Services of the Alameda County Social Services Agency has produced A Guide to Permanency Options for Youth.
The guide was developed as part of the California Permanency for Youth Project Initiative as a resource for youth in foster care, foster and kin caregivers, group home providers, foster family agency staff, child welfare staff, and community partners.
To download this informative tool, click here to visit the Research Links on the Resource page of the FYA website. |
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Home at Last Project Surveys:
Foster Youth & the Court System
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Home at Last, a national project based in Monterey Park, California, is gathering information for a white paper regarding youth participation in their own court proceedings. To that end, they are conducting a survey for youth and adults regarding contact that youth have with the court system while in foster care.
The survey for adults (judges, attorneys, CASAs, GALs, lay advocates, etc.) as well as the survey for current and former foster youth (ages 18 and older) can be completed online or can be faxed. The online links and other information are printed in the following letters. Click here for the cover letter for youth, and click here for the Youth Survey. Click here for the cover letter for adults, and click here for the Adult Survey.
Please note that the surveys, which take about 15 minutes to complete, are due by January 16, 2006. If you have questions, contact Tammy Dolen at 323-980-1585 or via email at dolent@fostercarehomeatlast.org.
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| Higher Education Opportunities for Foster Youth |
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The Institute of Higher Education Policy has released a report on the barriers to higher education opportunities faced by foster youth. To download the report, click here to visit the FYA website Resource pages.
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A coalition of youth, service providers, and community organizations, Foster Youth Alliance is dedicated to empowering foster youth as they transition to adulthood. FYA promotes a seamless system of care in Alameda County, California, through maximum coordination, strong advocacy and strategic resource development.
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