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| FYA Walkathon & Resource Fair: May 20 |
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| The Foster Youth Alliance is gearing up for our first fundraiser, the FYA Stepping Stones Walk Around Lake Merritt. Community members, service providers and other supporters will walk alongside current and former foster youth to raise awareness about the challenges youth in foster care face as they transition to adulthood. We are expecting to have over 100 youth at the Walk along with many community members. To maximize the impact of the event, we are hosting a Resource Fair to be held at the start and finish line.
The fair will provide an excellent opportunity for agencies serving foster youth to talk with youth about your services and engage them in participating. It will also provide a chance for organizations to recruit adult volunteers from among the Walk participants. This is an opportunity to educate community members about becoming foster parents, mentors, tutors and general supporters of your agency.
Please join us for:
The FYA Walkathon and Resource Fair
Saturday, May 20, 2006
9:00-1:30
Lake Merritt Bandstand Area
(across from the Garden Center, near Fairyland.
Turn onto Bellevue from Grand Avenue.)
Click here for a Resource Fair participant form. If you are able to join us, please return the form along with the fee to Amy Freeman, Foster Youth Alliance, 491 Ninth Street, Oakland, CA 94607. If you have any questions, please contact Melinda Clemmons at 510-428-9821. Deadline to sign up for a Resource Table is May 2nd.
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| FYA Training: Working with LGBTQ Youth |
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| The next FYA Professional Development Training will focus on "Working with LGBTQ Youth" and will be held Tuesday, April 11th, from 9:30 until 12:30 at ILSP, 2647 International Blvd, Suite 312, Oakland. This training is a joint project of FYA, Seneca Center and The Chabot FKCE. Click here for a schedule of upcoming trainings.
To RSVP, email Amy Freeman at afreeman@fosteryouthalliance.org or call 510-444-4025, x235. Deadline to RSVP for this training is April 6th.
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| FYA is working with other agencies in the Bay Area to create a coordinated Foster Care Month Effort. The California Kick-Off event is on May 2nd at the Capitol in Sacramento.
FYA is hosting a Stepping Stones Walk Around the Lake and Resource Fair (see above). There are many other events in the Bay Area as well. Click here to download a Bay Area Foster Care Month Calendar.
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| Senate Bill 1576: Letters of Support |
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The Campaign for Safe Transitions thanks everyone who has sent in a letter of support for SB1576. If you have not yet sent in a letter of support, please click here to download a sample letter.
To recap, due to the tremendous efforts of our partners throughout the state, we are making progress in expanding housing options for emancipated foster youth. Since the Campaign was launched, you have repeatedly expressed the need to eliminate the THP-Plus 60% county funding requirement. These efforts are paying off! Senate Bill 1576 (Murray, D, Los Angeles) would increase the state's share of THP-Plus funding up to 100%.
The Campaign has been building to this point for the last three years, and we need your engagement for the biggest challenge yet! Now is a critical time to demonstrate your support by sending a letter to Senator Murray. Every letter of support makes a difference. Please spread the word!
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Select Committee on Foster Care:
Hearing on Transition/Emancipation Issues |
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| The next Select Committee on Foster Care hearing has been scheduled for Friday May 12, 2006 from 1pm - 4pm at the City Hall Building in San Francisco. This hearing will focus on transition/emancipation issues such as: housing, access to higher education, extending services past 18, employment services, permanency, etc.
This is a very important issue for youth, advocates, providers, and members of the legislature. The goal is to mobilize as many youth as possible at this hearing.
Members of the committee are carrying legislation to address many of the issues that have been brought up. Click here and here for the two tentative Assembly Human Services Committee Hearing Notices for which much of the Foster Care Legislation will be heard. Click here for a revised list of the foster care legislation being carried this year.
You can participate in this process by attending the hearings or writing letters of support. It is important that we get as much support and input on these measures, so these issues can be elevated and weighed in upon during the legislative process. If you have any questions about dates or specific bills you can contact Jessica Gunderson at (916) 319 - 2047or Irene Frausto, Assembly Human Services Committee Secretary at (916) 319-2089. Please pass this info on to any other interested parties.
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| Opportunities at Pivotal Point |
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| Bringing Academics to Youth Career Project (BAYCP) is a great opportunity for foster youth to receive intense academic training in reading and math to improve skills by two grade levels. The program will begin in late May at Chabot College in Hayward, and will provide GED preparation courses, and high wage career pathway programs in Health Care, Technology, Construction, Laboratory Technology, and more.
This academic enrichment program for foster youth is offered by Pivotal Point in collaboration with the Community College Foundation and Chabot College and will link youth to high growth/high wage careers.
Pivotal Point will hold an orientation about the B.A.Y. Project on: Wednesday, April 5th, 4:30-6:00 p.m. at PPYS, 2647 International Blvd., Suite 320, Oakland. Youth should bring an ID card, social security card OR birth certificate, and a friend!
Click here for the B.A.Y. Project flyer, and click here for the Orientation flyer.
Click here for a flyer to share with you about a Mass Marketing Internship Program Orientation to be held at Pivotal Point, 2647 International Blvd., Suite 320, Oakland, on April 12th at 4:30. For more information, contact LaTronda Lumpkins at 510-333-4795.
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| Sexually Exploited Minors Conference: April 26 & 27 |
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| Click here for a flyer about the upcoming Conference on Understanding, Reaching, and Supporting Sexually Exploited Minors, to be held on April 26th and 27th, 9-5, at the Alameda County Conference Center, 125 Twelfth Street, 4th Floor, Oakland. This is a free conference hosted by Alameda County Interagency Children's Policy Council and George P. Scotlan Youth and Family Center in collaboration with the Sexually Exploited Minors Provider Network. Click here for a Registration form. |
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Foster Care Month Youth Leadership Awards:
Call for Nominees |
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From the HEY bulletin:
Do you know a current or former foster youth who should be recognized for their incredible spirit, support, and work for the community? We all know a youth who deserves our community recognition so please nominate a youth you know to be recognized at this year's San Francisco Foster Care Month events.
Nominees will be recognized at the HEY Voices of Youth event on May 6th as well as an evening Foster Care Month Youth Awards event on Friday, April 21st from 5-6:30 p.m. Honorable guests will be asked to attend and youth will be encouraged to invite friends and family - this will be a very special night so be sure to nominate your favorite youth! Click here for a flyer. Questions? Contact Sara Razavi at 415-808-4435 or srazavi@uwba.org
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| The Brava Theater Academy presents Fogtown Fables |
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HEY and Brava Theater in San Francisco present Fogtown Fables on March 31 and April 1 at 8PM. Brava Theater is located at 2781 24th Street in San Francisco.
This annual event is presented by Brava Theater students and alumni. The evening of performance will feature writing and performance by select former foster youth. Be sure to visit the website for more information about Brava and how to get to this great event. Contact Brava for more details www.brava.org.
There will be a resource fair at 7:00 p.m. and showtime is at 8:00 p.m. If you are interested in tabling at the resource fair contact Julia Duntov at Julia@brava.org.
Please be sure to bring youth! $5.00 Suggested Donation - no one turned away for lack of funds.
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| NOFA from Alameda County-wide Continuum of Care Partnership |
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The Alameda County-wide Continuum of Care Partnership invites proposals for new permanent housing programs for homeless persons under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Supportive Housing Program (SHP), Shelter Plus Care (S+C) Program and Section 8 Mod Rehab SRO Programs. Click here for details.
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| Media Coverage of Foster Care Issues |
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Click here for an editorial from the SF Chronicle on a new program called "No Place Like Home,'' intended to help gay, lesbian and transsexual youth in the foster care system find permanent homes.
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| KRON 4’s Students Rising Above: Call for Nominations |
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Each year KRON 4's Wendy Tokuda works with the scholarship/mentorship program "Students Rising Above" to profile students in KRON4 newscasts who have overcome hardships and are seeking a college education. They are looking for high school juniors who have shown remarkable character overcoming obstacles not of their own making, and who now want to go to college.
The criteria are listed on the website as well as the application at the following link: http://www.studentsrisingabove.org/scholarship/index.html
The program provides financial and emotional support for students throughout their college experience. "Students Rising Above" is supported by generous donors including KRON 4 viewers who are encouraged to donate to the scholarship fund after the students' stories air on KRON 4 newscasts. Contact valencia@kron4.com with any questions . The application deadline for this scholarship is April 4th, 2006.
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