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Kansas
City, Kansas
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 Join this youth board
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Interested
in Joining FYA?
Eligibility
Requirements:
1) Current or former foster youth
living in or around Wyandotte County, KCK
2) Age 15-21
3) In foster care for a minimum
of one year, and in foster care as a teen
What’s
in it for you?
• Develop ongoing relationships with
caring adults
• Develop your leadership ability, while
developing personally and professionally
• Learn marketable skills
• Become involved through community
service and civic participation
• Affect Policy and System Changes
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Youth
Board Toolkit
Kansas
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| Location: |
Kansas
City, Kansas, Wyandotte County |
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Mission: |
To
inform, to educate, and to influence the outcomes
of Foster Youth
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Motto: |
“Foster
Youth Making Life Better for Foster Youth” |
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About FYA: |
The
Foster Youth Agenda is a grass root, non-profit
organization that is faith-based. We are a
youth council comprised of 12 current and
former foster youth between the ages of 15
and 21 who have been in out-of-home placement
for at least one year. We are a youth-operated
and youth-driven council that exists to inform,
to educate, and to influence the outcomes
of foster youth. We are foster youth making
life better for foster youth by…
1) Increasing public awareness
about the challenges faced by foster youth,
and about the policies that affect the delivery
of services to this neglected population.
2) Providing opportunities
for open communication between all parties
of the foster care community (foster youth,
foster parents, mental health workers, state
and social service agencies, and local and
state decision-makers)
3) Informing foster youth
about services that are available in their
communities, and how to get connected to them
4) Providing youth friendly
information on how local, state and national
systems work, and how the decisions made at
these levels impact the success of youth exiting
care
5) Encouraging youth who
are aging out of foster care to understand
and fulfill their leadership responsibility
to other youth-in-care. |
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Meets: |
Each
2nd Saturday, 11am-2pm
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| Age
Range : |
15
- 21 |
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Meets at: |
Hilton
Garden Hotel
520 Minnesota Ave.
Kansas City, KS |
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Contact: |
Kathi
Ledbetter Williams, Executive Director, 913-621-4690
ext. 238
Ian Abbott, Council President, 913-621-4690
ext. 238 |
| The
Foster Youth Agenda: |
The
Foster Youth Agenda
645 Minnesota
Kansas City, KS 66101
913-621-4690 |
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| News |
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| 14-Jun-04 | FYA IS YOUTH ENGAGEMENT |
fya writes:
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Personal Development
Life Skills, Character Building, Drug and Alcohol Prevention
Professional Development
Strategic Planning, Leadership Skills
Community Involvement
Volunteerism, Civic Participation, Advocacy
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| 28-May-04 | |
fya writes:
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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world; Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has..." Margaret Mead
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| 08-Jan-04 | FYAgenda |
fya writes:
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- Dec. , 11:00am-2:00pm FYA Council Meeting, FYA Home for Girls, 1514 N. 21st St., KCK, All Council Members should attend.
- Nov. 20, 11:00am-12:00pm FYA Community Partnership Quarterly Meeting, Hilton Garden, 520 Minnesota, KCK. All Council Members should attend.
- Nov. 13, 11:00am-2:00pm FYA Council Meeting, Hilton Garden Inn, 520 Minnesota, KCK. Chris Petr, MSW, PhD, Kansas Action For Children / Annie E. Casey: Transition to Adulthood Study, All Council Members should attend.
- Nov. 10, 2:30pm FYA Committee Meeting, Independent Living Home Committee, Wyandotte Health Foundation, Minnesota Ave., KCK. Committee members should attend.
- Nov. 2, 10:30am, Meeting, Bethany Roberts, Child Welfare Training Network (KU School of Social Welfare), Resource Center for Independent Living, 10200 W. 75th, Shawnee Mission, KS. All available officers should attend.
- Oct. 30, 11:00am-2:00pm FYA Council Meeting, Hilton Garden Inn, 520 Minnesota, KCK. "Group Home: Overview, Management, and Oversite", All Council Members should attend.
- Sept. 23 FYA Group Home: Neighborhood canvass, all available council members should participate.
- Aug. 20-22 FYA Presentation, Destination Future 2004: "Uniting the Voices of Youth", National Youth Leadership Conference, Chevy Chase, MD. Workshop presenters and "qualifying" council members (also Gospel Choir and Dance Troupe) should attend.
- July 3 10:00am FYA Summer Outing, Worlds of Fun, KCMO. All interested council members should attend.
- July 2 & 3 8:00am-5:00pm FYA Fundraiser, Kansas Speedway, 400 Speedway Blvd., KCK. All Council Members should attend.
- June 24, 11:00am FYA New Member Interviews and Orientation, KEYS, Olathe, KS. All Council members should attend.
- June 23, 10:00am FYA Presentation, Joint Committee on Children's Issues, Topeka, KS. Presenters should attend.
- June 20, 10:00am FYA Graduates, "Spa Time", Mario Triccoci, Town Center 5234 W. 119th, Leawood, KS. All interested graduating council members should attend.
- June 14, 2:00pm FYA Presentation, Social Rehabilitaion Services & Regional / State Youth Board staff, SRS, 4th State Ave., KCK. Presenters should attend.
- May 29, 11am-2:00pm FYA Council Meeting, Swim Party, "Made In The Image Of God: Embracing Our Faith" Catriese Johnson, Former Foster Youth. Cedar Creek Swimming Pool, 25775 W. 103 St., Olathe, KS. All Council Members should attend.
- April 10, 11am-2:00pm FYA Council Meeting, "The Chaffee Act: Is Kansas making the Grade?", Sen. David Haley, Rep. Bonnie Sharp, Rep. Patricia Lightner, Hilton Gardens Inn, 520 Minnesota Ave., KCK. All council members should attend.
- April 3, 10:30am FYA on the Town: "Etiquette for Fine Dining", The Capital Grille on the Plaza, KCMO. All council members should attend.
- March 27, 9am, FYA Presentation, Commissioner Nathan Barne's Unity Prayer Breakfast, The Nefertiti Restaurant and Banquet Hall, 1314 Quindaro Blvd., KCK. Presenters should attend.
- March 13, 11:00am, FYA Council Meeting, Hilton Garden Inn, KCK. All members should attend.
- March 13, 12:00pm, FYA Presentation, The Democratic Caucas, Kansas City Kansas Community College, 7250 State Ave., KCK. All council members should attend.
- March 9, 9:00am - 11:00am, FYA Presentation,
Youth Opportunities Unlimited, Area Technical School, 2220 N. 59th St., KCK. Presenters should attend.
- March 8, 3:45pm, Presentation Preparation and Gospel Choir rehearsal, Wyandotte Health Foundation, 755 Minnesota Ave., KCK. Presenters should attend.
- March 3, 3:45pm, FYA New Member Orientation and Interviews, Wyandotte Health Foundation, 755 Minnesota Ave., KCK. All council members should attend.
- February 28, 11:00am-2:00pm, FYA Council Meeting, "Connecting with our Community to help Foster Youth", Carol Dyer, CASA of Jackson County, Resource Center for Independent Living, 10200 W. 75th, Shawnee Mission, KS, All council members should attend.
- January 10, 11:00am-2:00pm, FYA Council Meeting, "Organization, Planning and Goal-Setting", Franklin Covey, Hilton Gardens Inn, 520 Minnesota Ave., KCK, All council members should attend.
- January 10, 2004, 2:50pm, FYA Youth Council Pictures, Picture People, Upper level Oak Park Mall, 95th & Quivera, Overland Park, KS., All council members should attend.
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