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New The Sonoma County Summer Youth Ecology Corps – Summer 2009 The Sonoma County Summer Youth Ecology Corps is a new effort, supported by a partnership between the Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA), the Workforce Investment Board (WIB) and Youth Council, and a number of governmental and private non-profit organizations with an educational or environmental mission. SCWA has engaged New Ways to Work to support the project planning process and identify quality conservation-related work projects for youth to complete this summer. Once the projects are identified, the WIB/YC will be responsible for placing youth at the project sites, through the Sonoma County Workforce Investment Act summer jobs program provider(s). Conservation projects will be completed in coordination with this year’s Summer Jobs Program. While the details of the summer program are still being finalized by the WIB and Youth Council, it is expected that the program will begin in mid to late June and will be offered to youth ages 14-24, recruited through the county’s youth and young adult programs, including schools, and delivered by youth providers, selected through a competitive RFP process conducted by the Youth Council and WIB. Small crews of 6-8 youth will be placed by the youth providers for six to eight weeks of work on habitat restoration, maintenance, and other projects with Sonoma County environmental and conservation-related organizations. For more information please click here or contact Kellie Noe at knoe@newwaystowork.org. Summer Youth Ecology Corps Project Proposals Project Host Overview Project Host Cover Sheet Project Detail Sheet Internship Request Form Content Conference Call Connecting Foster Youth to Summer Employment Wednesday, April 1, 2009 • 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. A HUGE SUCCESS! Topic: This content call hosted by New Ways to Work and the California Child Welfare Co-Investment Partnership, was designed to inform individuals working with foster youth about the potential summer opportunities that will be available as a result of President Obama’s new stimulus package. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allocates 1.2 billion dollars to support youth workforce programs under the Workforce Investment Act, including summer employment. To watch a recording of this webinar, please click: https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2009-04-01.1030.M.93BBB767175585BB84EF5FD8E0F230.vcr Please note that there is a about a 2 min delay in the recording. Use the volume control on the screen. To view the Power Point for this call: YTATApril09Slides (PDF 1.61 MB) Foster Youth Summer Jobs Plus Through a grant from the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, New Ways to Work, in partnership with the LA YTAT, will assist 100 foster youth in connecting their 2009 summer jobs experience to their career and educational goals as part of Foster Youth Summer Jobs Plus. Emancipating foster youth who live in the city of Los Angeles will augment their summer employment experience through the development of work-based learning contracts that clearly identify the skills they will develop during their summer employment experience. Youth and their supervisors will also document the skills acquired through the experience with a goal of preparing youth for future career and educational options. New Ways and the LA YTAT partners will design and implement the work-based learning contract, develop training materials, and work with case managers, youth, and worksite supervisors to ensure that the summer experiences are learning rich, and connected to the next step in the workplace or school. New Ways and the LA YTAT will also engage youth in the months following the summer experience to track progress against their career and educational goals. For more information please contact Kellie Noe at knoe@newwaystowork.org. For an overview of this project please view: YTATFYJPOverview.pdf (PDF 82 KB) Foster Youth Career Development Access and Success Through a grant from the San Francisco Foundation, New Ways to Work will work with county teams in the Bay Area including County Office of Education staff, District Career/Technical Education leaders, Social Workers, Independent Living Skills Program staff, and others from Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo counties to improve foster youth access to the educational offerings referenced above. Anticipated outcomes of this project include increased collaboration between child welfare, education, and workforce development staff and programs, increased awareness among foster youth, caregivers, and CWS staff, of the range of available educational options and programs available to foster youth at the county, district, and school levels, and increased outreach to foster youth by teachers, academy directors, and career technical education professionals. YTAT Access and Success Overview (PDF 65 KB) YTAT Newsblast The YTAT Newsblast, a timely update on events, legislation, and resources for Youth Transition Action Teams and your partners working with youth in the child welfare system, is ready to view. To view the latest YTAT news please visit: www.newwaystowork.org/initiatives/ytat/newsblasts/newsblast2_09.pdf (PDF 86K) INet Newsblast The March issue of the INet News is now available and contains timely information about upcoming events, legislation updates, and current reports. To view the latest INet news please visit: http://www.intermediarynetwork.org/documents/INetNewsblastMarch2009.pdf (PDF 42KB) To request that you receive future issues via email, contact Kellie Noe at knoe@newwaystowork.org Youth Policy Action Center More than 30 of the country’s leading national advocacy organizations have joined forces for improving policies and programs for children and youth. The Youth Policy Action Center helps youth and concerned adults contact elected officials about important programs and initiatives. The Youth Policy Action Center gives young people a platform on which to stand and be counted in national debate and dialogue. It gives national advocates a way to come together and act as one. And it gives all citizens — concerned parents, proud grandparents, dedicated teachers — political power which used to be the exclusive providence of entrenched special interest lobbyists. .  
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