Come to the last FYA Professional Development Training of 2004-05:

Common Issues and Behaviors of Teens in Foster Care Learn more about teens in foster care. This training is a joint project of FYA, Seneca Center and The Chabot FKCE.

Date and Time: Tuesday June 14th from 9:30 until 12:30.
Location: 2647 International Blvd. Suite 312, Oakland, CA
RSVP to: afreeman@acfya.org or 510 444-4025 ext.235

There will be no training in the month of July, keep your eyes open for the 2005-06 curriculum which will begin August 9th.

Please share these great website links with all youth, care providers, allies, and agencies you know!

"Resources for Youth":

United Way of the Bay Area is proud to announce the launch of Resources for Youth, an online searchable database of summer programs for youth around the Bay Area. United Way's Bay Area Community Fund supports programs and provides tools that promote youth violence prevention and contribute to safer neighborhoods. Youth engaged in fun and positive activities this summer will enjoy constructive, lasting, and valuable life experiences; they are also less likely to be victims of violence or involved in unsafe behavior. http://resources4youth.uwba.org/

"The Youthhood":

A new website for young adults and their teachers, parents, and mentors is now available at http://www.youthhood.org.The Youthhood is a free, interactive, and dynamic site that assists young adults in preparing for life after high school. Grounded in the principals of universal design, the site addresses the future planning needs of all youth. The concept of Youthhood, as well as its content and activities, is based on current research in positive youth development and transition planning and their impact on post high school success. Youthhood puts research into practice through a unique and extensive blend of content, interactive activities, links to related Web sites, and planning tools that tie youths' future goals to their current academic work. In addition, the site provides a progressive learning experience in that the further a specific topic is explored, the more activities that are tried and planning that is done, the more the youth will learn and be able to apply the information to their own lives. Youthhood is a project of the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET), which is funded by a five year, $9.5 million grant from the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.

Voices for Change, from Caterpillar to Butterfly, Youth Emancipating from Foster Care:

Featuring a Community Screening of the “Aging Out” Documentary
Keynote Speaker: Regina Louise, Author of Somebody’s Someone
Date: Saturday, June 25, 2005

Time: 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Registration begins @ 8:30a.m.

Location: Youth UpRising Center
8711 Macarthur Blvd.
Oakland, California

This Forum is intended for: Members of the community, current and former foster care youth, foster parents, college representatives, law enforcement agencies, community-based organizations and anyone and everyone who cares about children.

Childcare will be provided
Advance registration is required.
(Lunch will be provided for meeting attendees registered in advance)

For more information please contact: Superior Court Juvenile Administration Office at (510) 268-7157
Completed registration forms should be faxed or mailed to Juvenile Court Administration by June 17, 2005. Alameda County Juvenile Court Administration 400 Broadway, Room 205, Oakland, California 94607

Click here to download an event flyer
Click here to download a registration form
Click here to download a resource table registration form

Senate Bill 436 that requires counties opting into the THP-plus program to consider the needs of pregnant and parenting foster youth is in the Assembly.

Next week's bulletin will contain an ACTION ALERT with instructions on faxing letters of support.

On May 31st the San Jose Mercury News endorsed AB 824 and SB 436 as well as two other great foster care bills AB 1412 (Leno), SB 500 (Kuehl), AB 519 (Leno) and AB 880 (Cohn). You can read information about the bills at www.mercurynews.com

The First Place Fund for Youth is recruiting four cohorts for the Supported Housing Program this summer. The first two cohorts will begin Economic Literacy simultaneously on June 28th. The next two will begin Economic Literacy simultaneously on July 28th.

For more information contact Brenda Goldhammer at 510 272-0979 ext 1

Morning Session in Oakland: 9 a.m. - noon
401 Broadway
1st floor Lobby Room
Oakland, CA 94607
Continental Breakfast

Afternoon Session in Hayward: 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
24100 Amador St.
Poppy Room, 2nd floor
Hayward, CA 94544
Afternoon Snacks

TO REGISTER: Call: Kat Richard (510) 780-8987 or email: Fredi Juni, at: junifx@acgov.org Sorry, no CEUs available. Please register by 6/3/05!
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The Sustainability Project is a 7-month initiative to help you maintain and strengthen your after school program. The goal is to help you think strategically about your program's needs, and to successfully pursue the resources to address those needs.
Starting in November 2005 and ending in May 2006, you and a sustainability team from your program will participate in monthly workshops to guide you through each step of the sustainability planning process. Partnership staff will provide one-on-one and on-site support between workshops to help your team complete each step.

For more information contact Katie Brackenridge Bay Area Partnership 1212 Broadway, 5th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612 Phone: 510-645-4207 x104 Fax: 510-763-1974

Click here for more information

Every Wednesday @ 4:00pm: Come and join our weekly discussion group where we talk about topics such as relationships and love to the Matrix and the Iraq War. Open to former and present foster youth between the ages of 16 and 23. Call Justin for this weeks topic @ 272-0979 x 10.

Every Thursday in June Starting @ 5:30, Sports Movie Night: Come out and watch good guys finish first @ First Place. 6/2 “Major League”, 6/9 “He Got Game”, 6/16 “The Program”, 6/23 “Miracle”, 6/30 “Remember the Titans”

Tuesday, June 7 @ 4:30, Emancipation Workshop: Do you or any of your youth have questions about their Emancipation. Let Zimbabwe, our ETC Peer Educator Fill you in on those burning questions. Please Call Zimbabwe to RSVP: 272-9070 x 17.

Tuesday, June 14th @ 4:30, “ETC Resume Workshop”: Are you looking for work but don’t have a resume? Let the ETC help you get a step ahead with our Resume Workshop. Please call Justin at 272-0979 x 17 to RSVP.
All events are held at 1759 Broadway in Oakland