Promoting WellBeing Through the National Youth in Transition Database

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Promoting Well-Being Through the National Youth
in Transition Database

• Christopher Andrade, Intern
• Eprise Armstrong, PDS
• Daryle Conquering Bear Crow, Intern
• Lacy Kendrick, PDS

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Well-Being According to CFSR

• Well-Being Outcome 1 Families have enhanced
  capacity to provide for their childrens
  needs.             
• Well-Being Outcome 2 Children receive
  appropriate services to meet their educational
  needs.              
• Well-Being Outcome 3 Children receive adequate
  services to meet their physical and mental health
  needs.

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Well-Being According to Youth

• ...not being anchored by past hurts or
  experiences, but being emotionally healthy enough
  to push past these anchors in order to maintain
  positive relationships within their
  community which they can go to for resources and
  support.
• .refers to one's social, emotional, physical,
  and psychological health. It is a term that
  reflects a person's health in accordance to the
  aforementioned. Good "well-being" may be secured
  through proper exercise, education, permanent
  connections, friendships, support networks, and a
  slew of other dimensions that promote happiness
  and satisfaction within an individual.

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Well-Being According to Youth

• needs to be holistic. Well-being should cover
  all areas of safety (physical, mental,
  emotional), and the process must be youth driven.

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Well-Being According to YOU

• Mary Lou Easter that there is a reasonable
  expectation that you will be fed, clothed,
  housed, and emotionally supported
• Julie Ohm Chang that a youth gets a job or
  goes to college AND doesn't hesitate when they
  are asked to fill in emergency contacts.

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Well-Being According to NYTD

• Well-Being is defined by
• Financial Self-Sufficiency
• Experience with Homelessness
• Educational Attainment
• Positive Adult Connections
• High-risk behavior
• Access to Health Insurance

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Background

• John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program
  (CFCIP)
• Helps YOUth transition out of Foster Care
• ETV- College
• Requires Data Collection

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NYTD collects data on services
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• Independent Living needs Assessment
• 2. Academic Support
• 3. Career Preparation
• 4. Employment programs
• 5. Housing education and
• home management training
• 6. Budget and Financial management

7. Health Education and rise prevention 8.
Family support and Healthy Marriage
education 9. Mentoring 10. Supervised
independent Living 11. Room and Board
Assistance 12. Education Financial
Assistance 13. Post-Secondary Educational Support
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What services do U receive?

• Independent Living needs Assessment
• 2. Academic Support
• 3. Career Preparation
• 4. Employment programs
• 5. Housing education and
• home management training
• 6. Budget and Financial management

7. Health Education and rise prevention 8.
Family support and Healthy Marriage
education 9. Mentoring 10. Supervised
independent Living 11. Room and Board
Assistance 12. Education Financial
Assistance 13. Post-Secondary Educational Support
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SERVICES
OUTCOMES
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YOUth Provide information on outcomes.
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• 1. Financial self-sufficiency
• 2. Experience with homelessness
• 3. Educational Attainment
• 4. Positive Adult connections
• 5. High-risk behavior
• 6. Access to health insurance

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When will YOUth be taking the survey?
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NYTD starts collecting reporting
Oct. 2010
Sept. 2011
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NYTD IMPORTANT
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What are States doing?

• Recap of the NYTD
• States implementation and youth involvement
• South Carolina 'intervention' approach
• New Mexico's IT system
• Connecticuts surveys and focus groups with youth
• Dual role of permanency.
• Specifics from State NYTD goals document

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Youth Engagement

• Importance of youth engagement in court hearings
  and processes
• Benefits and importance of Youth Engagement

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What We Learned from State X

• Informal study done on 101 youth in State X
• Done to test the questions
• In the process gained important information

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For More Information

• Administration of Family and Children About
  NYTD
• http//www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/systems/nytd/ab
  out_nytd.htm
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• Practical Strategies for Locating and Engaging
  Youth
• http//www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/laws_policies/p
  ractical/index.htm
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• Childrens Bureau Presentation on the Final Rule
• http//www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/systems/nytd/pr
  esentation.pdf
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• Questions Answers for NYTD Webinar
• http//www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/systems/nytd/qu
  estions.htm
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• Questions and Answers from the 2008 NYTD
  Technical Assistance Meeting
• http//www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/systems/nytd/qu
  estions_techassist.ht
• National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data
  and Technology NYTD Resources
• http//www.nrccwdt.org/resources/nytd/nytd.html
• National Resource Center for Youth Services