Sentences with phrase «foster youth they serve»

Middle schools will receive funding based on the number of low - income, English learner, homeless, and foster youth they serve.

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Mission: The Young Carers Initiative serves caregiving children, youth, young adults and their families through social, recreational and educational programs intended to foster resilience, self esteem, and life skills.

Mission is to improve Nebraska's foster care system by serving Nebraska's foster youth with quality clothing and other basic care items with dignity, respect and cheerful giving.

Mission is to improve Nebraska's foster care system by serving Nebraska's foster youth with quality clothing and other basic care items with dignity, respect and cheerful giving.

15, and fellow teacher Erin Whalen (pictured left), have been working to launch RISE High — an innovative high school aimed at serving the unique needs of Los Angeles - area homeless and foster youth.

While there are examples of programs designed to serve foster care youth, we do not know of any such programs designed to serve the broader population of youth who have experienced some form of maltreatment.

My dream job would be to create an international educational organization that serves the unique needs of migrant and refugee youth globally, while also creating a space for them to foster their unique talents.

15, along with fellow Los Angeles teacher Erin Whalen, will make a dream a reality when they launch RISE High — an innovative high school aimed at serving the unique needs of homeless and foster youth in Los Angeles.

With passage of the Local Control Funding Formula, California became the first state to require schools to consider how best to serve a small subset of at - risk students: youth in foster care.According to 2016 California Department of Education data, in English language arts, 56.2 percent of foster students did not meet standards on the Smarter Balanced tests (compared to 30.5 percent of non-foster students) and for mathematics, 64 percent of foster students did not meet standards (compared to 37.3 percent of non-foster students).

We accelerate the development of new quality schools by backing new schools, scaling up high performing schools, supporting restart schools, and piloting solutions for serving the most at - risk students, like special education, English Learners and foster youth.

Under the LCFF, more state funds will be directed to help schools serving educationally disadvantaged students - that is, children from low - income families, English learners and foster care youth.

For services and actions that will serve low income students, English learners, or foster youth, districts must specify whether supplemental or concentration funds are being used in a district - wide or school - wide manner.

As LAUSD is preparing to refine its next budget, CLASS is demanding that $ 1 billion in extra state funding over the next seven years go to help the students it was meant to serve — low - income students, English learners and foster youth.

This workshop will describe how social and emotional assessment data can help foster positive outcomes in the youth you serve.

[1] sent more dollars to districts serving large populations of English - learners, students in poverty and foster youth: https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/bringing-education-funding-closer-to-the-classroom/

The PEAR Institute: Partnerships in Education and Resilience at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School creates and fosters evidence - based innovations in social - emotional learning (SEL) and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) in youth - serving organizations.

The PEAR Institute: Partnerships in Education and Resilience at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School creates and fosters evidence - based innovations in social - emotional learning (SEL) and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) in youth - serving organizations to help all students succeed.

Treehouse, a Seattle non-profit serving youth in foster care, has developed the Graduation Success program, which uses a combination of Check & Connect and student - centered planning to support youth who are or who have been in foster care.

The Children's Guild has a long history to serving youth who have experienced challenges in both the foster care and special education domains.

On the other hand, the other new board member, Scott Schmerelson, said, «I am opposed to any strategy that results in diluting and draining precious public school revenue or that does not fairly and equitably serve all students including English Learners, those with significant physical and mental health issues, homeless and foster youth, and those students and families for whom «choice» is not an option.»

She has been taking in «At Risk Youth» for 20 years and has been serving as a foster mother to troubled teens for over 13 years.

He co-founded Art + Practice, an arts and education foundation — including gallery space, a residency program, a black - owned bookstore and programming that serves local foster youth — near his studio in Leimert Park.

The structure of the foundation, comprised of three parts — artist - in - residence studios, a technology lab and classroom, and an exhibition space, all designed to serve foster youth at a decisive moment, when they are on the cusp of independent, full adulthood.

In addition to serving as a mentor to, and legislative advocate for, Southern California foster youth, she is the founder and director of Heart-Beats.Org, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing them with access to music and music devices.

She is the Chair and one of the pioneers of the firm's Focus on Women Group and is a longtime supporter of The Commonwealth Institute for Women and Casa Valentina, as well as organizations such as Educate Tomorrow, which serves foster youth.

Mission is to improve Nebraska's foster care system by serving Nebraska's foster youth with quality clothing and other basic care items with dignity, respect and cheerful giving.

Chicago About Blog Using outdoor adventure sports like kayaking, orienteering, cycling, camping and rock climbing, Chicago Adventure Therapy (CAT) helps under - served youth in Chicago have a lasting positive impact on their communities and become healthy adults by teaching effective social skills, increasing participants» sense of possibility, and fostering a sense of empowerment and personal responsibility.

What makes these young people resilient, and what can youth - serving professionals do to help foster resiliency through sexual and reproductive health programs?

Celebrating over 20 plus years, the FRCSA has extensive experience serving the high need, most vulnerable populations with programs and services that promote responsible fatherhood, strengthen family relationships, support formerly incarcerated individuals, and foster youth and early childhood development.

Never Too Old: Achieving Permanency and Sustaining Connections for Older Youth in Foster Care (PDF - 1,414 KB) Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute (2011) Explores research findings regarding the number of foster youth who age out of care, legal obligations for serving emancipating youth, outcomes for emancipated youth, and adoption and guardianship of older yYouth in Foster Care (PDF - 1,414 KB) Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute (2011) Explores research findings regarding the number of foster youth who age out of care, legal obligations for serving emancipating youth, outcomes for emancipated youth, and adoption and guardianship of older yyouth who age out of care, legal obligations for serving emancipating youth, outcomes for emancipated youth, and adoption and guardianship of older yyouth, outcomes for emancipated youth, and adoption and guardianship of older yyouth, and adoption and guardianship of older youthyouth.

She has served as an educator for at - risk youth, a foster home licensing specialist, a case worker, parent and staff trainer, parent support group facilitator, program coordinator, alcohol and substance abuse counselor, psychotherapist, clinical supervisor and facility manager.

State of Nevada Foster Parent and Adoptive Parent Diligent Recruitment Plan (PDF - 384 KB) Nevada Department of Children and Family Services (2014) Reflects the activities that will be conducted over the next 5 years to ensure that there are foster and adoptive homes that meet the needs of the infants, children, youth, and young adults served by Nevada's child welfare agencies.

A Foster Care Practice Model: Lifelong Families Case Practice Tools The Annie E. Casey Foundation (2012) Includes resources and materials related to Lifelong Families, a practice model that is intended to serve as a method of improving foster care practice within private child welfare agencies and advancing permanency outcomes for children in care, especially older youth in treatment foster care.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Capacity Building Center for States Helps States and territories build the capacity to more effectively serve and support LGBTQ youth and foster and adoptive families.

Target Population: Parents, grandparents, relative and kin providers, foster parents, or anyone serving in a caregiver role and children and youth of all ages with behavioral health, substance abuse, and wellness concerns

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study examined changes over time for youth who experienced the Creating Ongoing Relationships Effectively (CORE) model (now called Family Alternatives) while in the Family Alternatives foster agency and youth served by a comparison foster care agency.

The model uses treatment foster parents who are given advanced clinical and technical training and support in order to best serve the youth placed in their home.

Brad and Nick Schlaikowski, a married couple and foster parents in Milwaukee, are close to opening an eight - bed group home to serve LGBTQ youth in the city's foster care system....

National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) The NCTSN works to serves the nation's traumatized children and their families by raising public awareness of the scope and serious impact of child traumatic stress on the safety and healthy development of America's children and youth; advancing a broad range of effective services and interventions by creating trauma - informed developmentally and culturally appropriate programs that improve the standard of care; working with established systems of care including the health, mental health, education, law enforcement, child welfare, juvenile justice, and military family service systems to ensure that there is a comprehensive trauma - informed continuum of accessible care; and fostering a community dedicated to collaboration within and beyond the NCTSN to ensure that widely shared knowledge and skills become a sustainable national resource.

Developing Refugee Foster Families: A Worthwhile Investment (PDF - 208 KB) Bridging Refugee Youth & Children's Services (2004) In Serving Foreign - Born Foster Children: A Resource for Meeting the Special Needs of Refugee Youth and Children Suggestions for recruiting, training, licensing, and retaining refugee foster families.

Brianna has been working with children, adolescents, and families for 5 years in different capacities including therapeutic counseling in community mental health, residential care facilities for foster youth, parachurch organizations, and community programs serving domestic violence survivors.Brianna is the founder of Spero Counseling and works as an independent contractor for BeFree in the Maple Valley location.

Mission is to improve Nebraska's foster care system by serving Nebraska's foster youth with quality clothing and other basic care items with dignity, respect and cheerful giving.