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Post by Ida Rodgers on Jan 22, 2014 16:13:25 GMT -5
This is the place to post questions and discuss Chapters 1
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Post by Ida Rodgers on Jan 22, 2014 16:21:16 GMT -5
My first thought upon reading the first two chapters was how wonderfully informed Dayna is about how to create a meaningful, workable independent living program for young people caught up in foster care programs. I mentioned this thought to Dayna, and she replied that she had received her training from the book's author.
My second thought was to wonder what programs for independent living already exist in Philadelphia. I am going to let her explain the answer, which is that no real programs exist out in the field. The city has some classes but those enrolled must go to the facilities in the city. The program does not reach out into homes and community centers where our program will be located.
Ida
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Post by Ida Rodgers on Jan 22, 2014 16:57:06 GMT -5
Why is this message here and what do we do with it?
You may be like me: While at a meeting, sometimes I have ideas to share with the group but see no appropriate time for doing that sharing. Sometimes I have ideas right after the meeting is over. For all those wonderful ideas and puzzling questions that pop into your mind between board meetings, post them in this, your new Envision Success Discussion Board.
When our group grows large enough to be adding parents and clients to our discussion board, then I will move threads like this that are board-business to a restricted forum.
Ida
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Post by Ida Rodgers on Jan 22, 2014 17:48:59 GMT -5
From Dayna for us to all discuss:
A successful transition to independent living is a task facing every an young adult in and out of agency care. Reaching that goal of self-sufficiency from within a care agency requires comprehensive, individualized, and well coordinated programs of services. The success of the program should be measured against clear objectives created in the planning process and refined in the process of delivery of services. Planning, while essential, must be tempered with flexibility for what actually happens in practice.
Will our services help determine the highest level of self-sufficiency possible by the date of the legal emancipation or at least 21? With what measures will we be able to claim success?
How do we identify the concerns that kids exiting care have?
We need activities that will make us visible and maximize our visibility for other agencies to pick us up. What activities do you suggest?
We need to find active campaigns that are going on that we can tag-a-long with to get our name known. What are some of those activities that you have seen?
Go over page 9 on the state use of federal expenditures and how money is allotted with the group so that we can really talk about where money is coming from.
We must also read about Pennsylvania's federal plan for the Independent living program. The first person who finds a copy, please post it here for all to read.
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Post by Jacqui on Feb 23, 2014 18:56:01 GMT -5
From Dayna for us to all discuss: A successful transition to independent living is a task facing every an young adult in and out of agency care. Reaching that goal of self-sufficiency from within a care agency requires comprehensive, individualized, and well coordinated programs of services. The success of the program should be measured against clear objectives created in the planning process and refined in the process of delivery of services. Planning, while essential, must be tempered with flexibility for what actually happens in practice. Will our services help determine the highest level of self-sufficiency possible by the date of the legal emancipation or at least 21? With what measures will we be able to claim success? How do we identify the concerns that kids exiting care have? We need activities that will make us visible and maximize our visibility for other agencies to pick us up. What activities do you suggest? We need to find active campaigns that are going on that we can tag-a-long with to get our name known. What are some of those activities that you have seen? Go over page 9 on the state use of federal expenditures and how money is allotted with the group so that we can really talk about where money is coming from. We must also read about Pennsylvania's federal plan for the Independent living program. The first person who finds a copy, please post it here for all to read.
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Post by Jacqui on Feb 23, 2014 19:04:25 GMT -5
In response to Question #1: We can anticipate what services we will offer and compare these services to other services in other areas. In addition, we can analyze our participants, that is, ask them for their input about what they feel they want and/or need from us. This can be administered as a 'before' and 'during' and 'after' component of any service or meeting or event. In that way we will have both summative and formative (ongoing) information for our program with which to assess our goals and objectives.
We can measure our success in a couple of ways: (1) the number of completed modules (2) the number of participants who completed all of the modules (3) the number of participants who enter the military, or enrolled in college, or obtained full-time employment.
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Post by Jacqui on Feb 23, 2014 19:08:19 GMT -5
In response to Question #2: We can have a 2-pronged approach: (1) use an existing instrument from other agencies to ascertain what concerns the participants might have, and (2) ask the participants what they perceive that they want. In this way we can manipulate the assessment needs with the projected outcomes. Yes, I know it sounds very academic because it is. What do the participants want/need and what do we think we can deliver for/with/to them.
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Post by Jacqui on Feb 23, 2014 19:17:23 GMT -5
In response to Question #3: In order to become more visible, we need to network with other programs/agencies who are concerned with the same population, such as faith-based organizations, community groups, and public school affiliations. We should start with the free ones first, such as the Philadelphia Youth Programs or the Southeast Philadelphia Collaborative Community Council (Location: Houston Center, 2029 S. 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148).
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Post by Jacqui on Feb 23, 2014 19:23:25 GMT -5
In response to Question #4: We need to find active campaigns that are going on that we can tag-a-long with to get our name known. What are some of those activities that you have seen? If we could get 'free' space, we could have several different kinds of clubs/groups/organizations with which our participants could interact, such as learning/teaching music, cooking, drawing, community gardening, singing as they learn to document their activities with photos and videos.
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Post by Jacqui on Feb 23, 2014 19:25:19 GMT -5
On page 9: "There are two limitations on the use of funds. First, no more than 30 percent of the funds may be used for room and board, and only young people between the ages of 18 to 21 may use these funds." We should be in good standing in this respect with our Summer Camp since no funds will be allocated to room and board. However, the age requirement might be a limitation since we are looking for 16 to 18 year olds. Let's put together some activities and a DRAFT budget.
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Post by Jacqui on Feb 23, 2014 19:27:12 GMT -5
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