2014 junior league presentation
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Empowering foster care youth and alumni to
build successful
lives in young
adulthood
Junior League Meeting, 2014
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Advocacy Movements
•Civil rights movement
•Women’s suffrage
•Disability rights
•Faith movements
•GLBTQ
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Collective voices of current and former foster care youth:
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Foster Care Alumni of America’s“Culture of Foster Care”
Postcard Project
Improving Outcomes;Changing the Odds
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Life’s Transitions Do Not Happen Overnight
Recommended Reading: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s 2012 Foster Youth Internship Report
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Transition to Young Adulthood forfor a young person with loving,
involved parents
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Transition to Young Adulthoodfor a foster care youth who “ages out”
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Lack of Family Privilege
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Point of Transition:Child and Adult Systems
Disconnection
Child Mental Health
Mental Health
Child WelfareSpecial Education
Juvenile Justice Criminal Justice
Food Stamps
Workforce
Housing
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Empowering Youth to Plan for the Future
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Essential Elements:
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How the local community can help emancipating foster youth
succeed
Foster Care Alumni of America’s“Culture of Foster Care”
Postcard Project
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Practical Needs:- Annual FCAA Ohio Regional Thanksgivings- Pay It Forward: Baby Clothing Program- Raffle Prizes for joint Ohio Reach and
Connecting the Dots conference- Suits for Success- Serving as a mentor
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Copyright Lisa Dickson
Adding to a young person’s Circle of Support:
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What exactly can I rely on you for?
It is critical to the youth’s success to identify those adults who will continue to provide various supports through and beyond the transition from care.
Clarifying exactly what the various supports will include can help to avoid gaps in the youth’s safety net and misunderstandings between the youth and the supportive adult(s).
• A home for the holidays• A place to do laundry• An emergency place to stay• Care packages while in college• Storage• Someone to discuss problems with• A phone or computer to use
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Youth in Residential Placements
Recommendations from the Franklin County YAB:
• Staff at residential facilities should be trauma-informed, and skilled to assist youth in dealing with their triggers.
• Youth who are placed in residential facilities should be informed of their personal rights, and who to contact if they feel physically unsafe.
• Residential facilities should separate youth who are suicidal from youth who are physically violent.
• Residential facilities should provide a distinction between tweens (ages 12-14) with teens (ages 15-17). Their developmental needs are different.
• Current residential policies be reviewed with input from current and/or former foster youth, including their policies on seclusion, staff training and independent living preparation.