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Youth Homelessness - Life Skills - Minutes for Nov 15, 2011
Present: Amber Welch, Cindy Manson, Bodhi Simpson, Ashalie Wark, Nancy Souza, Judy Adams
(from Oct 18 Forum):
- Investigate programs in other communities, including international models
- Working with educational programs with the schools
- Include the youth in the discussion and planning
(from Nov 15 followup):
- Define terms (i.e. teens, youth, homeless etc)
- Offer pregnancy support/training
- Connecting resources/life skills training to schools
- Importance of mentors
- TIP Model
- ANSELL CASEY life skills
Vision: To work with the educational and employment sectors in our community to provide individualized, basic, survival and life skills to the homeless youth.
- Need to establish/define language: what ARE the “basic” skills needed to teach?
- Offer basic care relationships
- Connect with education and employment- skill training for entering/re-entering school versus preparing for entering into the workforce
- Importance of establishing trust and maintaining a constant contact from mentor
- Skills training needs to be appropriate for youth and teens
- Consolidation of resources already available: clearing house
- Problem of logistics: who are these mentors, connecting with the youth, to adequately establish the best set of “skills” needed?
- Connecting with mentor programs already in existence
- Expressed concerns: training of mentors, where are they found
- Problem of training mentors could be addressed by connecting with Kelly Support Training of mentors
- Consolidating and elaborating upon programs already available
- Developing self advocacy skills
- Need to involve: Tony Veit, Tom McNeil, reps from Teen shelters in Maine/New England(?), rep from Preble Street