Pa Youth Leadership Newsletter-1/15/2010
Hello Everyone,
I have a few updates for you all today regarding Youth Leadership in PA. The time for the conference I referenced in the previous e-mail has been set, a reminder for state leadership team applications will be discussed, and finally some news regarding information I will be sending out next week.
CONFERENCE CALL:
First off, thank you to those of you who responded to my previous e-mail with times you will be available for a conference call to take place. We’ve set up the call for next Friday, January 22nd, at 11:00 am. I will be sending out the phone number to call next week, so be on the lookout for that e-mail. If you will be able to make that time, please let me know so that we can have some idea of how many of you will participating. Once again, the reasons for the call are to discuss the following:
-The discussion of a need for further youth meetings to develop the role of youth leadership in the Systems of Care Grant
-The issues that would need to be addressed in any future youth meetings
-Establishing a pipeline network for contacting youth who would like to participate in the various youth roles available within the SoC grant as well as youth available for the interviewing process of the SoC team (both elaborated more on below)
-Figuring out when the project directors of all the youth groups should become more involved with the youth leadership process
-Addressing any questions/concerns you all still have about this entire PA youth leadership process
STATE LEADERSHIP APPLICATION REMINDER:
The deadline for the state leadership team applications is next Tuesday, January 19th. If you are interested in the position, make sure you send everything in by that time. Once again, you may e-mail myself or Laurie Jones (jonelh@upmc.edu) if you have any questions.
SYSTEMS OF CARE SELF-ASSESSMENT:
Next week there will be a self-assessment test (accompanied by a webinar session to explain it further) that the Youth and Family Training Institute would like everyone who has been involved with the Systems of Care grant up until this point to complete. Once either Stan or Laurie have the information and the link to where you can complete it, I will be forwarding it to all of you. I don’t have all the details right now, but look for an e-mail from me regarding this early next week that will hopefully explain it a lot more.
As always, feel free to e-mail me any questions/concerns you may have about pretty much anything. The Systems of Care grant is really going to start taking off very soon, so stay vigilant my friends (and I’ll be trying my best not to end up flooding your inbox with e-mails). Thank you all for your time, and I look forward to speaking with some of you next week.
Brian Satterfield
Youth Advocate
Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Psychology (philosophy minor), Temple University
484-680-0068
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