Dear YCB Board and
Friends:
I am pleased to announce that
Rachel Oberg-Hauser
will be joining the YCB staff on September
4, 2018 as Director of Projects. Many of you know Rachel
as she attended the YCB Board meetings for a number of years as a
representative of Greater Twin Cities United Way.
Rachel has significant
background in youth development especially in afterschool systems. She is
a graduate of the Masters of Social Work Program at the University of Minnesota
specializing in Community Practice and Human Services Management.
For the last year she has been the MSW Field Education Coordinator for
Walden University.
Anxious to get back into the
afterschool world, Rachel applied for the position of Director of
Projects. About 50 percent of the job is coordinating the Minneapolis
Afterschool Network. This includes oversight of the Propel SEL Project
coordinated by the Greater Twin Cities United Way and the Carlson Family
Foundation, which Rachel was responsible for creating and managing when she was
at United Way. Coordination of the Minneapolis Afterschool Network also
includes developing continuous quality improvement with afterschool providers,
building evaluation and data management capacity across afterschool providers
in partnership with the Minneapolis Public Schools, supervise ongoing
operations of the What’s Up 612! Program Finder, and support professional
development for youth work professionals. Additionally, Rachel will be
working with me, the YCB Board and afterschool providers to develop, coordinate
and implement an advocacy strategy for increasing resources in the afterschool
field.
The remaining 50 percent of
Rachel’s time will be spent on our Positive Corridors for Youth Project, on
partner relationships with our four public partners and with Ignite Minnesota
to further policies which support afterschool time and positive relationships
between young people and adults, and will assess feasibility of new special
projects.
Rachel will be out as soon as
she starts. I hope you will join me in welcoming her.
Ann DeGroot
Executive Director
Applications now open for the 2018-19 writing cohort!
Our nine-month professional learning experience is
designed to engage youth work practitioners in exploration, reflection,
and study of issues facing the field of youth work in Minnesota. Within
this learning community, youth workers develop important leadership
skills through critical thinking, interviews, study, writing and
reflection that influence policy and practice at the individual,
organizational and systems level.
The goals of this Practitioner Fellowship are to:
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Unearth and legitimize
practice-based perspectives on emergent issues and tensions to
broaden current conversations about youth work.
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Support a core group of
practitioners in the community who will develop and demonstrate
their leadership abilities and increase their capacity to represent
the field on important issues.
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Create a space to
incubate practiced theory that influences the field.
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Demonstrate our
commitment to explicit education, training, and professional
development for youth workers as essential to high quality
practice.
Who
can participate?
Strong applicants have the following in common:
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They
are youth work practitioners and program managers with experience in
direct service, management, and staff development.
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They
have familiarity with current youth development research, best
practices, and professional development offerings.
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They
have a desire to explore youth development practice, professional
development, and systems and institutions that impact youth work.
What will fellows receive?
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$500
stipend with successful completion of all fellowship
components, including the published paper
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Professional
development and study delivered through a peer network format
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Opportunities
to engage with local and national youth development leaders
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An
opportunity to advance their leadership and influence within
Minnesota’s youth work field
Applications are due by August 24
at midnight.
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 Gay Straight Alliance: A Critical Community Resource for LGBTQ Mental Well-Being
Tuesday,
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10:00 am – 12:00 pm
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document and showcase the experiences of rural Minnesota LGBT youth using video
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your local GSA (Genders and Sexualities Alliance).
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APWA-MN Diversity
Grant
The Minnesota Chapter of the American Public Works
Association (APWA) is currently accepting applications for its Diversity Grant.
The funding is intended to foster a diverse workforce within
the field of public works through eduction, training and awareness initiatives
oriented toward underrepresented populations.
Organization must provide service to residents of the state
of Minnesota. Applicant organizations must be a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization or a government instrumentality such as a public school
district. The organization must directly
or indirectly support students or job seekers interested in advancing their
career in Civil Engineering, Public Works Administration or closely related
field. Consideration will be given to experience related to the field of public
works, stated goals of the organization, financial need, and effectiveness of
the organization to achieve the Diversity Grant objective.
AWARD AMOUNT is $2,000
Application deadline is September 14, 2018.
Additional grant and application information can be found at
http://www.apwa-mn.org/events-education/scholarships/diversity-grant.
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Office of Procurement Operations - Grants Division
DHS S&T-FRG-IAS and FEMA-ICPD are seeking to address trauma
training for the high school-age communities under this NOFO. School-Age Trauma
Training (SATT - final name of training to be proposed by grantee and approved
by FEMA) is intended to establish a long-term, self-sustaining mechanism (e.g.
no further Federal funding beyond Phase III), to deliver free to the public,
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