2011 texas reach conference: collaboration
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BCFS
UTSA CAPRI Center
UTSA Financial Aid Outreach
The BCFS Preparation for Adult Living (PAL) Program offers continuing services to post-PAL youth (ages 16-21), such as case management, support group meetings, monthly youth activities, and conferences
BCFS PAL also provides PYC Employment Resources, such as vocational testing, online job searches, computer-aided resume writing, vocational assessment, job coaching, and employer linkages
Support services are also crucial, such as physical and mental health care, housing, substance abuse assessment and treatment, and emotional support
HUB FORTRANSITIONAL
SERVICES
PAL TrainingAftercare ServicesTransition Center
Housing
Return to CareExtended Care
Transitional Living ProgramsApartments
SheltersHUD
Housing AgenciesCollege Dorms
Employment
WorkSourceProject Quest
WIAEmployment Agencies
Vocational Training
Transportation
Public TransportationCar Purchase
Other TransportationOptions
EDUCATION
Local Community CollegesUniversities
Independent School DistrictsGED Programs
Vocational ProgramsTutoring
ETV
OTHER RESOURCES
Circles of SupportFood Banks
Mental Health ServicesParenting Classes
Legal ServicesDARS
Life skills curriculumIntegrated communityExperiential component
Circle of Support Transition Planning Case Management Follow-Up Post-Emancipation Planning incorporates caregivers into IL Teaching
Individualized Case PlanningChafee Room and Board $$$HousingEmploymentEducation
Dr. Harriett Romo, Director of the UTSA CAPRI Center, approached BCFS in hopes of writing a HUD Grant Proposal with data gathered at the BCFS Transition Center
With the federal approval of the HUD Grant, BCFS sought to collaborate with UTSA via a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), extremely similar to BCFS’s previously-established MOU with Alamo Colleges
BCFS and UTSA signed a formal MOU on November 29, 2010, detailing: UTSA’s commitment to partner with BCFS to aid foster youth and alumni
in accessing post-secondary education
BCFS’s willingness to invite UTSA staff to BCFS bi-monthly to engage foster youth in potential post-secondary education opportunities
The Child & Adolescent Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) at The University of Texas San Antonio, in conjuction with BCFS, will implement a three-year HSIAC program to assist foster care youth with supportive services, training, and financial resources for the purpose of attending college or other job training opportunities
CAPRI has partnered with UTSA faculty in multiple disciplines and five community-based organizations in the design of this program. These partners will remain involved throughout program implementation. The program consists of four activities:
Prepares foster care youth for college readiness, leadership, and job training
Provides social services for foster care youth focusing on crisis management for housing and young adult life issues
Develops database and workshop resources for housing foster youth attending college or job training
Creates the Assistance in College Completion, Employment, and Socioeconomic Success (ACCESS) Center located at the UTSA CAPRI Center
UTSA’s HSIAC/HUD Grant also: Allows funding for BCFS to employ one full-time
and one part-time Education Specialist for three years
Grants UTSA the funding to staff and supply an on-campus ACCESS Center in conjunction with BCFS and other agencies
Norma DavilaBCFS, Program Director(210) 733-7932ndavila@bcfs.net
Christopher GoldsberryUTSA, Financial Aid Outreach(210) 458-2802Christopher.Goldsberry@utsa
.edu
Sophia OrtizUTSA CAPRI, Assistant
Director(210) 458-2692Sophia.Ortiz@utsa.edu
Shannyn RomeroUTSA CAPRI, Graduate
Assistant(210) 458-2849Shannyn.Romero@utsa.edu
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