Ohio Youth Advisory Board

Thursday, April 20, 2017,Quest Conference Center, 8405 Pulsar Place,

Columbus, OH 43240

• We exist to be the knowledgeable statewide voice that influences policies and practices that effect all youth who have or will experience out of home care.

OHIO YAB Mission

Your Opportunity to Get InvolvedOHIO YAB Officer-in-Training Application

Follow-up Officers Retreat in Dayton, because ice storms can’t outlast advocacy

One of our 2017 OHIO YAB Priority Areas: Recruiting and Retaining

Foster Parents and Host Homes for Teens

- Group homes closing down- Foster care extended to 21- Not enough foster parents willing

to take teens

Explore ways to recruit and retain foster parents and host homes - and make sure that teens, foster parents and caseworkers each know what’s expected of them

OHIO YAB President, Stephfon Kennedy: Speaking in Reno, Nevada

Three Days on the Hill 2017: Fostering Stable Housing

Opportunities Act

Three Days on the Hill 2017: Meeting at HUD Headquarters

Three Days on the Hill 2017: Major turnout at HUD Headquarters

Three Days on the Hill 2017: Legislative Champions on the Hill

Three Days on the Hill 2017: Celebration Dinner,

sponsored by Casey Family Programs

April 2017 Press Release: Fostering Stable Housing

Opportunities Act

Brainstorming Topics

1. Thank you letters to Governor Kasich

2. Ohio Reach messaging for high schools

3. BRIDGES Program (foster care supports until age 21)

4. Draft youth resource guide

New and Good

Upcoming Events and Opportunities

Next OHIO YAB Statewide Quarterly Meeting:• July 20, 2017

Purple Project Conference• June 15 – 16, 2017

Fostering Pathways to Success Conference• Oct. 12, 2017• Second floor available for OHIO YAB youth

activities during the afternoon