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Foster Kids and Food Stamps: A new process has been developed that will enhance the likelihood that foster youth eligible to receive food stamps, will not suffer a lapse in receiving this important benefit.The new process is detailed in All County Letter (ACL) 09-25 and is being disseminated to as many interested parties as possible, including all county welfare directors, chief probation officers, food stamp program specialists, child welfare program managers, and many others in the field. The new process does not change eligibility requirements or use new forms, but encourages a single point of contact for processing foster youth food stamp applications.
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Mental Health Services Act -- Prevention and Early Intervention
PEI Planning Committee Meeting Schedule - Sacramento Alcohol & Other Drug Youth System of Care Planning Group (YSOC)
The YSCO Planning Group blog is the place for information, updates, and events regarding everything YSOC-related. This blog is filled with valuable resources, including interpeter services, shared resources and a host of other valuable, informative elements! Check it out! YSOC Blog - E:MERGE Brochure
The e:merge brochure outlining the Approach and listing the Partners is now available in a downloadable format. These new information tools are ideal for introducing state and local decision-makers to the Ready by 21 Approach and Partnership. Read the brochure. - Asset Champion - Alternative Schools - August 2009
Search Institute monthly news - 50 years of discovering what kids need to succeed. Review the newsletter - The San Juan Unified School District maintains a "Community Resource Directory for Students and Families" which is available for review or download from the District's web site. This document contains a variety of information that may be helpful.
- Community Programs to Promote Youth Development -- National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
- Exemplary Practices in Adolescent Development -- Sierra Health Foundation
- Finding Out What Matters for Youth -- Youth Development Strategies, Inc.
- Focal Point Summer 2009-- research, policy, & practice in children’s mental health
- California Center for Civic Participation and Youth Development -- Funded by a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Washington Youth Voice Handbook -- Activities and workshop outlines for engaging youth
- Innovation Center --Research and tools for youth engagement in community and civic activism
See you in the Funny Papers
Google's Literacy Project, UNESCO and the International Reading Association have named this site as one of the most innovative for making reading and writing fun. Available in seven languages, and is used by educators and parents for autistic children as a teaching aid. The site contains teach resources as well as uses for family and home schooling.
Bill Zimmerman, former newspaperman created MakeBeliefsComix after he retired in 2006. A website that lets you write and illustrate your own comic strips and e-mail them to family and friends. "I wanted to give students a choice of whimsical animal and human characters with different emotions...It was a way for them to tap into their creativity and tell their own graphic stories." And he says, "I also wanted to bring families closer together."
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com
(resource: July-August aarp news - article by Paul Wisenthal)
