Ohio YAB Officers Retreat

Saturday, January 13, 2018Dave Thomas Foundation, 7720 Rivers Edge Drive,

Suite 245, Columbus, OH 4323510:00 am – 4:00 pm

OHIO YAB Retreat Schedule

10:00 am, Welcome, Introductions and OHIO YAB Meeting Dates10:15 am, Sample Tools for County/Regional Youth Advisory Boards10:30 am, State and Local Youth Advisory Board Funding11:00 am, Brainstorming to Move Forward in 2018

*June 30th video project deadline

BREAK for LUNCH

1:00 pm, Legislative Updates 2:00 pm, Upcoming Opportunities in 2018

*Bridges, Open Table, future resource app3:00 pm, Draft Schedule for January OHIO YAB meeting4:00 pm, Departure

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

OHIO YAB Mission

Meeting schedule

OHIO Youth Advisory Board Statewide Meetings take place from 11 am – 2 pm:

• Thursday, January 18, 2018• Thursday, April 19, 2018 (2018 Officer Elections)• Thursday, July 19, 2018• Thursday, October 18, 2018

LOCATION:Quest Business and Conference Center8405 Pulsar Place, Columbus, OH 43240

Officer-in-TrainingAPPLICATION

ESSAY PORTION

1. Your name, age, phone number and email address*

2. How many years have you been in foster care?

3. Are you involved in your local/statewide youth advisory board?

4. Please list some of your prior community involvement experiences.

5. Tell us more about your other qualifications to be an Officer-in-Training

REFERENCES

• Two recommendations must be submitted by adults who can share about your skills, character, work ethic, experience, and other qualifications

CODE OF CONDUCT

Flip Chart:

How do YOU want the

OHIO Youth Advisory Board

(and foster youth in general)

to be represented by OHIO YAB officers and members?

Including on social media

FACEBOOK MANNERS

Social media Don’t post anything about your employer unless

you are sure that it is your company policy.

Don’t post photos that are inappropriate.

Although your profile may be private, there is

always a way that information can be accessed

by others.

Don’t accept those that you don’t know.

Don’t take it personally if recruiters or HR

professionals from organizations do not accept

you as connections…they may draw a line with

candidates.

Don’t post any updates that you are not

comfortable with all future employers seeing.

Post any inaccurate information about prior jobs.

Consider this to be a public resume and ensure

that everything can be validated.

Reach out to someone you don’t know and use

a mutual connections name without checking

with them first.

Ensure that your Facebook page is private.

Often times your profile is set up so that friends

within friends or group members can see your

information.

Scrutinize what you and your friends post

on your pages.

Consider modifying your settings so that you have to

approve posts. You never know what someone is

going to write on YOUR wall.

Google yourself.

Make sure that the results that come back are

favorable. If they aren’t go through the process to

try to get these removed. You want to make sure

that your first impression is as positive as possible.

Manage pictures and tags.

Pictures say a thousand words. Ensure that your

pictures communicate an image that you what you

want to say.

Get involved with media.

Newspapers, magazines, local TV is a great way to

be positively exposed. It always sounds like a good

idea to be interviewed by the local news, just make

sure the topic is neutral.

Protocol

For adults to present at an OHIO YAB meeting:

1. Topic:

2. Specific relevance to statewide meeting:

3. Estimated time needed to present*:

*The Ohio YAB Leadership Team will review and respond to your request. Please note that, due to time constraints, we may request that you shorten your presentation. Or, we might suggest a different time or method for sharing your questions and/or information with young people.

Protocol

For agencies/organizations to request a Youth Panel

1. Name, Date, Location and Purpose of Event

2. Audience Size and Demographics

3. How many youth? Will a stipend be provided?

4. Must provide panel questions to youth ahead of time.

5. Must schedule a phone call with youth to prepare.

STIPEND PROGRAM

Program Description for 2018:

Youth will be reimbursed for approved events such as panels, workshops and leadership trainings:

• $50 dollars for a half-day event (less than 4 hours, including travel time)

• $100 for a full day event (more than 4 hours, including travel time)

• $100 for a video (because they are giving away the rights to share that video in various forums)

* OHIO YAB Quarterly Meetings are not part of the OHIO YAB Youth Stipend Program.

OHIO YAB STATEWIDE DELIVERABLES

Statewide OHIO YAB funding ($10K) comes from a grant through ODJFS, and the OHIO YAB is required to fulfill the following deliverables between now and June 2018:

1.) OHIO YAB Stipend Rates and Process (need a form)2.) OHIO YAB Video to Encourage Foster Parents for

Teens/Young Adults

• Due June 30, 2018

• Based on 2017 OHIO YAB Strategic Plan

HOW YAB FUNDING WORKS

• Each county YAB receives $5,000. Regional and statewide boards receive $10,000. Must spend down by June 30th, or lose the leftover money, and get less next time.

• Youth voice MUST be included in decision-making about spending the funds.

• ODJFS funding can NOT be spent on food for meetings/conferences, lobbying or logo materials

• The funding CAN be spent on youth leadership activities and supplies, including bus tickets, flights, hotel rooms, event registration, office supplies, and tools to support youth leadership.

BRAINSTORMING

• OHIO YAB Video Project, which must be filmed by June 30, 2018

• Recruitment and Retention of County/Regional Youth Advisory Boards (including Toolkits)

Lunch

Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities ACT

Sibling legislation

The current wording of

Ohio House Bill 448 defines a sibling as:

• Someone who "shares at least one biological or adoptive parents, or has been raised in the same household as a sibling."

Sibling legislation

It will be important for the wording to remain firm in order

to truly make those sibling connections HAPPEN:

Mandated reporterLegislation

• State Representative Bernadine Kennedy Kent (D-Columbus) was shocked to learn that Ohio is the only state in our nation to NOT have law enforcement personnel listed as mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect.

• As a former teacher, she feels that police officers should have to report these situations like she would have been required to do as a mandated reporter.

• if someone reports abuse to the police, the police are required to file a report with JFS.

• But - if Ohio police themselves intervene in domestic situation, they are not mandated by Ohio law to report abuse or neglect that they might personally witness.

Update on Bridges

Open Table Model

• Piloting it in Union and Madison Counties?

January 18th meeting11:00 – 11:15 Welcome and Updates Since Our Last Meeting

• Pathways Conference, OHIO YAB Youth Ambassadors Retreat

11:15 – Noon Youth Brainstorming Breakout Sessions

• BRIDGES Program (foster care supports until age 21)

• CAPMIS: Youth voice in safety plan and decisions to reunify

• Youth voice on proposed Ohio legislation (Siblings/Mandated Reporters)

• Seeking to create a future app for foster youth with resources

Noon- 12:30 pm Break for Lunch

Youth share their personal accomplishments in 2017 and goals for 2018

12:30 - 1:30 pm Reporting Out on Morning Brainstorming

1:30-2:00 pm New and Good