Youthwork Links And Ideas: US State And Regional Organizations and older and their families, georgia Association of the wellbeing of Minnesota children,youth, and families. organization that ensures youth-serving programs http://www.youthwork.com/ywwwstates.html
Extractions: If you need help NOW, click HERE for hot line numbers in several countries States Florida Network of Youth and Family Services A not-for-profit statewide association representing agencies which serve homeless, runaway and troubled youth ages ten and older and their families Georgia Association of Homes and Services for Children Providing leadership and resources to the dedicated agencies and professionals serving our State's at-risk children and their families Hawaii Youth Services Network HYSN provides a vehicle for the cooperative sharing of resources and information among the members as well as collective advocacy for the rights and alternative funding for youth, their families and their communities Child Care Association of Illinois A voluntary, not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the delivery of social services to the abused, neglected, and troubled children, youth and families of Illinois Maine Maine youthwork resources from Youthwork Links and Ideas Minnesota Children Youth and Families Consortium Brings together the varied competencies of the University of Minnesota and the vital resources of Minnesota's communities to enhance the ability of individuals and organizations to address critical health, education, and social policy concerns in ways that improve the well-being of Minnesota children, youth, and families
Program Impacts: Children, Youth And Families At Risk 2001 high school students graduating ontime (georgia Kids Count resiliency in at-riskchildren and youth. Effective programming for children at risk intentionally http://www.fcs.uga.edu/extension/impacts/2001/cyfar.html
Extractions: The Problem Conduct educational programs for parents, helping them to acquire skills in positive parenting. Use the 4-H youth development delivery system to provide positive development opportunities for youth in high-risk circumstances. Collaborate within the community to design programs which target children, youth or families at-risk and provide education, support and services which lead to positive outcomes.
ACF - Programs for youth and those who work with youth. Stamp Program; Women, infants, children(WIC) food REGION 4 ATLANTA Alabama, Florida, georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs.html
Extractions: Are you looking for information on how to get assistance for yourself, your family, or a friend? If so, you may find our Contacts page helpful in finding assistance near you. Are you looking for general information about Federal programs serving children and families? On this page you will find links to information on the programs overseen by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). ACF oversees about 60 programs that provide funds to state, local, and tribal organizations, both public and private. ACF also has several partnership projects, Federal Committees, and clearinghouses that provide the public with a variety of resources. This page links to programs, regional offices , clearinghouses, committees, and special projects.
Committee For Children Committee for children is a nonprofit organization seeking to improve children's lives by providing researchbased violence prevention, anti-bullying, child abuse/personal safety programs for schools, families and communities. well-being, and social development of children. and youth violence and to encourage social and emotional literacy. We also develop programs http://www.cfchildren.org/
Extractions: You're invited! Come to one of our free morning seminars in California or Washington State. Join fellow educators and administrators for a continental breakfast and discussion of social and emotional learning. Committee for Children 568 First Avenue South, Suite 600, Seattle, Washington 98104-2804 Phone: 1-800-634-4449
Treutlen House Residential Facility For Children And Youth will be available through the youth home. Here Lutheran Ministries of georgia providetheir highly confrontational A+ Parenting Program to children and families http://www.treutlenhouse.com/
Extractions: Through Christian nurture, education, love, counsel, and prayer, the Treutlen House programs will lead children, teens and families in crisis to a wholeness in spirit, mind, and body, so that they may be more productive to themselves, their family, their community and their world. The Treutlen House programs are designed to provide support and guidance to the people who need it most... Our children and their families . The programs of Treutlen House will directly address issues of abuse, neglect, abandonment and other family problems. Children from ages 6 to 17 will be welcomed. Any child placed in our care will be able to function within the scope and support offered by the local educational system. Tutoring and special assistance with homework and learning issues will be available through the youth home. We will connect our children and their families with local counseling professions through the Treutlen House Family Resource Center. Initially, the program's home will serve 10 children with our long-range vision to extend to 100 girls and boys. The Treutlen House at New Ebenezer is a community-based, ecumenical ministry for children and families who are dealing with personal crisis and are seeking assistance to improve their current situation. Treutlen House will provide a professionally administered continuum of preventive and therapeutic services to children and their families. These services will include family preservation, alternative family placement, or independent living. The Treutlen House is organized as a non-profit entity to be sustained by revenues from its own operation. Family Resource Center is already helping our community. Here Lutheran Ministries of Georgia provide their highly successful and non
Programs Therapeutic Homes Independent Living Non-Residential Homes was named Outstanding Agency of the Year by the georgia Association of a no eject summer day camp for atrisk children and youth that allows http://www.chrishomes.org/site/programs/history.shtml
Extractions: In 1981, the Junior League of Atlanta responded to an overwhelming need to aid abused and neglected children by collaborating with the Menninger Foundation to establish an independent CHARLEE (Children Have All Rights - Legal, Educational, Emotional) program as a demonstration project for the metropolitan Atlanta area. Originally known as Georgia CHARLEE, Inc., the agency began with three therapeutic group homes to serve children, ages 6 to 17, with emotional and related behavioral problems, due primarily to severe abuse and neglect. The agency's name was changed to CHRIS (Children Have Rights in Society) Homes, Inc. in 1992, when it became a totally independent, Georgia-based program. A member of the Child Welfare League of America, CHRIS Homes was named "Outstanding Agency of the Year" by the Georgia Association of Homes and Services for Children (GAHSC) in 1998 and was awarded a Certificate of Accreditation from the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children. Also in 1998, CHRIS Homes received the "Managing for Excellence Award" from The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. In 2000, CHRIS Homes won the "Valuing Diversity Award" from the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, and in 2001 received the "Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Award"from Emory University. The CHRIS mission is "to break the cycle of abuse by healing children, strengthening families and building community." To achieve this mission, CHRIS Homes operates nine therapeutic group homes, two independent living programs and several programs that assist children and families in their own communities. The CHRIS therapeutic group homes provide mental health treatment and support for troubled children, ages 6 - 17, and their families. CHRIS homes are located in residential neighborhoods in Gwinnett, DeKalb, Fulton, Douglas, and Clayton counties. Children go to neighborhood schools, participate in sports, take music or dance lessons, and join in community activities. CHRIS families contain six children and function much like normal families, teaching children how a healthy family works while providing tutoring and counseling.
Extractions: Extension professionals and Land-Grant university social scientists began the collaboration with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) through this CYFAR partnership in 1995. Three major projects are: The Youth Collaboration Project, the Department of Defense Healthy Parenting Initiative and the USDA/USAF Family Advocacy Research Program. This three-year demonstration project, completed in 2002, developed a model that relied heavily on the contributions of not only the Air Force and Extension/4-H partners, but also other youth serving agencies both on the base and in the surrounding community. The Youth Collaboration Project is prroved that Air Force agencies and Cooperative Extension can work together to design and implement strong sustainable youth development programs on Air Force bases across the United States. Nine Air Force bases were invited to be a part of this collaborative effort. The Family Advocacy Program and the Youth Programs of each of these bases formed a coalition with the local Cooperative Extension/4-H office in order to find ways to achieve the primary mission. Each coalition operated as one of that state's State Strengthening Project sites. Three of these coalitions received special CYFAR funding to hire an Extension Agent responsible for ensuring the success of their YCP programs. The remaining six coalitions developed programs without this special help but with technical assistance from the YCP Coordinator.
CYFAR State Strengthening Projects STST Overview , georgia children, youth, and families at Risk Strengthening Extension CommunityPrograms for Missouri children, youth and families at Risk. http://www.reeusda.gov/4h/cyfar/stst/ststcomm.htm
Family Support America Projects - Evaluation And Family Support of wellbeing for children, youth, families, and communities. long-term outcomes forchildren and families. Initiative (Connecticut, Colorado, georgia, New York http://www.frca.org/content/projects/eval.htm
Extractions: Increasingly, states, communities, and programs are being required to demonstrate the progress and success of their family support efforts. Funders, participating families, administrators, and other stakeholders are interested in identifying measurable improvements for families living in a community or participating in a given program. As a national leader, Family Support America is working to ensure that the framework for these outcomes is consistent with family support principles and practices. Click here to learn about Family Support America evaluation activities. The Family Support Evaluation Framework Outcomes and indicators are key components of the family support evaluation framework. What are outcomes and indicators?
CSSP : The Doris Duke Program on children, youth and families (ACYF) under the care and adoption) and runaway andhomeless youth. is Executive Director of the georgia children's Trust Fund http://www.cssp.org/doris_duke/advisory.html
Extractions: Mary Lee Allen As the Director of the Child Welfare and Mental Health Division at the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Ms. Allen works to improve policies and practices to better support families, prevent family crises from occurring or intensifying and to promote permanent families for children. She has played a leadership role in the development, passage, and implementation of major child welfare and children's mental health reforms over the past two decades. Deborah J. Hampton, M.Ed.
Helping Families -- CAES Your Money's Worth families at Risk georgia ranks 43rd in overall child wellbeing, based on 10 positiveyouth development builds resiliency in at-risk children and youth. http://www.agcomm.uga.edu/ymw/family.htm
Extractions: Many Georgia families struggle to keep up with the fast-paced world these days. Parents need advice on how to raise self-confident, responsible children. Adults wonder how to manage finances and other decisions. Elderly people and low-income families have special needs. The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences works closely with the College of Family and Consumer Sciences through county Extension Service staff on dynamic and successful programs to help Georgia families. Agents and state staff also teach through the Environmental Sciences Contact the CAES Dean ... Warnell School of Forest Resources Helping Georgia Families Keeping Communities Healthy Though they live in one of the most doctor-rich areas in the state, many families in Augusta were uninsured or underinsured. Extension Service agents worked with health-care providers to form the Central Savannah River Area Partnership for Community Health. The group created a community clinic to serve these families. Clinic fees are based on a sliding income scale, allowing low-income families to seek health care when needed. The average cost of a visit to this clinic is less than one-third the cost of a visit to a traditional doctor's office. Since the clinic opened, more than 7,500 patients have used the heath-care services.
Adaptive Adventures - Disabled Youth & Families and mentally challenged and diabetic youth of Louisiana A residential summer campfor handicapped children with mental Texas Valley Road Rome, georgia 30165 706 http://www.adaptiveadventures.org/youth.html
Extractions: We maintain and grow an extensive inventory of adaptive sports equipment to accomodate the growing number of youth participants in our programs. Our experienced team is readily available to insure safety, proper equipment fit, and expert instruction. A large percentage of our staff and volunteers are disabled, and serve as positive role models for our young participants.
NASMHPD's Child, Youth And Families Division children, youth families DIVISION REGIONAL Alabama Arkansas Florida georgia KentuckyLouisiana Mississippi North Carolina Puerto Rico South Carolina http://www.nasmhpd.org/childdiv.htm
Extractions: COMMISSIONER'S FORUM Mission Meetings Concept Papers ... Roster 1) To provide an identifiable focus upon children's mental health services as a substantial portion of the mental health concerns and programs of the states. 2) To develop forums for effective collaborative planning, programming and program review in mental health services regarding programs for children and youth. 3) To analyze pertinent materials and policies as these relate to children's mental health. This includes legislation, regulations, guidelines, standards and criteria thereof. 4) To propose a variety of new and innovative methods and models for the delivery of more effective mental health services for children and youth. 5) To participate with those bodies and individuals involved in the development of standards, regulations, evaluative procedures and other processes which may affect the quality of mental health services for children and youth. 6) To perform such other functions regarding mental health services for children and youth as may be directed by the parent organization (NASMHPD).
Family Connection Partnership georgia READS. to take responsibility for improving the lives of children and families youthDevelopment youth development is an ongoing effort of building skills http://www.georgiafamilyconnection.org/state/overview.htm
Extractions: Family Connection Partnership has a 10-year history of promoting innovation and change and linking community priorities and practices to state initiatives. Our work involves: Researching and promoting sound policies and practices that support local collaborative development and local decision-making. A major challenge facing our state is that of protecting children and youth. Ensuring the safety of children at home, at school and in their neighborhoods is important to child well-being and to the health and vitality of communities. Georgia's vision is that "Every child will be safe from abuse and neglect and will become a healthy, literate and economically self-sustaining adult. Georgia's children will develop within nurturing, caring permanent families."
Extractions: Professor and Chair Degrees: Ph.D. Family Resource Management and Family Economics, The Ohio State University, 1977. M.S. Home Management and Family Economics, Purdue University, 1971. B.A. Home Economics Education, University of Puerto Rico, 1969. Years on this faculty: Seventeen Professional Positions: University of Florida-Professor and Chair, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences. Responsible for overall direction for family, youth, and community sciences extension, research and teaching programs in the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) at the University of Florida. Program leader for statewide extension family and consumer sciences programs. January 1995-present. Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement with Extension Service/U.S. Department of Agriculture (ES/USDA)-National Program Leader for Limited Resource Audiences, and the "Children, Youth and Families Networks for Action." Appointment January 1994-December 1994. University of Florida-Associate Professor, Family and Consumer Economics. September 1985-December 1994.
Extractions: Degrees: Ph.D. Child and Family Development, 1988. University of Georgia. M.S.W. University of Georgia, 1980. Specialization: Child and family welfare. B.A. Sociology, 1975. Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia. Minor: Psychology. Years on this faculty: Fourteen Professional Positions: Associate Professor, Human Development, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, University of Florida; Affiliate and Graduate Faculty Status, Department of Sociology, August 1993-Present. Responsibilities include Extension programming in human development and family relations; teaching family courses in Human Resource Development and coordinating the undergraduate program; and conducting research on the family impacts of social and economic changes in rural and natural-resource dependent areas. Assistant Professor, Human Development, Department of Home Economics, University of Florida, January 1988-August 1993. Research Assistant, Institute for Behavioral Research and Department of Child and Family Development, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. October 1986 - October 1987. Data collection and management for studies of sibling rivalry, family communication, and self-esteem in school-age children.
National Benevolent Association's Programs For Children And CHANCE programs for children and youth in the Services, 2370 Vineville Avenue, Macon,georgia 312043163 funds to help establish new children's programs in the http://www.nbacares.org/Factshts/NBA_CFSFacts.htm
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Extractions: Mission: The mission of The Vashti Center is to provide children, youth and families with the resources necessary to grow physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Our goal is to change destructive behavior patterns and establish new behaviors and coping skills, to promote increased self-esteem, to establish more appropriate perceptions of self and others, and to enjoy life to the fullest. Our Vision: The Vashti Center provides intervention. We enable children, youth and families to gain control of their behaviors, and teach them how to build healthy relationships. We show them their options and help them to benefit from educational, recreational, social and spiritual opportunities. We teach them how to maintain appropriate and consistent behavior. In 1907, after outgrowing the house, La Cubana, an old cigar factory, was discovered and the Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church South bought 65 acres and buildings from the estate of Archibold T. Macintyre. The next year seventy girls moved in. Vashti had waited patiently year after year for the heart of a great church to discover her needs and respond generously. In 1919, the Centenary Movement of the Methodist Episcopal Church South raised $75,000 to once again restore the old cigar factory.
Extractions: Hundreds of metro Atlanta's children, youth and families have been touched by the philanthropy Winsome Hawkins guides as Vice President of Programs and Initiatives for The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. Highly regarded in local and national philanthropy, Winsome recently announced that she will retire in June. Key to the organization's progressive funding, Winsome has been with The Community Foundation for nearly 13 years. "My years at the foundation have been tremendously rewarding. I would not trade my experiences for anything in the world. I have enjoyed the opportunity to help shape the future of this wonderful organization," said Winsome. "But now, I want to take more time out for my roses, they have missed me greatly." Winsome joined The Community Foundation in 1989 as Program Officer. She was appointed Senior Program Officer in 1992 and named Vice President, Programs and Initiatives in 1999. In this position she has oversight for the Foundation's grantmaking activities and several community initiatives including the Neighborhood Resource Center, the Intergroup Relations Program and the Grassroots Leadership Development Program. Over the years Winsome has been the innovator behind several of the Foundation's unique grantmaking programs and community initiatives that have been on the cutting edge in addressing critical community issues. The Foundation supports programs in the areas of arts and culture, civic affairs, community development, education, health and human services, and focuses its grantmaking and community initiatives in two priority areas - children, youth and families, and community capacity building.
