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Welfare Watch - May 27, 2009 - News You Can Use
From NRCFCPPP - Youth Involvement in Systems of Care: A Guide to
Empowerment
This guide is a resource for youth, youth coordinators, family members,
professionals, and other adults working with young people. This guide is a
starting point to understanding youth involvement and engagement in order to
develop and fully integrate a youth-directed movement within local systems of
care.
http://www.systemsofcare.samhsa.gov/headermenus/docsHM/youthguidedlink.pdf
From Chaplin Hall - Monitoring Child Welfare Programs: Performance Improvement in a CQI Context - This paper describes the continuous quality improvement process (CQI) as it might be applied to child welfare systems. The process begins with a set of core or mission-critical outcomes, which in child welfare involve child safety, permanency, and well-being. The second element of the continuous quality improvement process involves a statement of performance or a baseline, which refers to systematically gathered data that describes in current and historical terms how well the organization achieves the core outcomes. The baseline is related directly to the third element of the CQI process: setting goals and deciding on a theory of change.
From Sojourners Magazine - These Are Our Children (Sojourners Magazine) Children who spend time in adult prisons and jails are at much higher risk for assault, abuse, and suicide. They do not get the services they need, and they are more likely to re-offend—sooner, more often, and more violently—than youth who stay in the juvenile system.
From Voices - Children's Budget Analysis Released - On May 11, 2009, President Barack Obama released his proposal for the FY2010 federal budget. In addition to funding government operations, the president’s budget proposal is a policy document that identifies the priorities most important to the administration. Virtually all of the funding proposals discussed in this brief will be debated in both chambers of Congress before becoming law.
From MAAC - A Need for Volunteers - The Higher Education Institute, for foster youth transitioning out of care, need volunteers for Reality Check at Higher Education Institute 2009!!! The application can be found at this link.
Who: Adults who can give a day of their time to help teach foster youth the “reality check” of life!
What: Reality Check is a best-practice, established exercise/curriculum used to teach young adults preparation for adult responsibilities
When: 8AM-4PM, Tuesday, June 9th (you can get work credit approved by Georgia Independent Living Program) Breakfast and Lunch will be provided Breakdown of 8-4 schedule: 8-10/11AM = Volunteer Orientation for Reality Check; 11AM-12PM = Break; 12-1PM = Lunch & Opening Session; 1:30-3:30PM
Where: One Hartsfield Centre Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30354: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/atlsa-renaissance-concourse-hotel-atlanta-airport
How: Please complete attached application according to directions you will see on the application.
Questions? Email Deanna Perry:
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