SPIRIT works on behalf of youth in care to make a smooth & successful transition into adulthood by holding trainings & partnering with supportive adults & business in the area to provide opportunities.
This is a Youth Board from Michigan. We are a group of young people who are the ages of 14 to 24 who want to give back to our peers or younger siblings are growing up in the system. We speak to the community raising awareness, speak to perspective foster parents, perspective mentors, we have chairs on a community partnership board and we have liaisons to sit in on our county's Team Decision Making (TDM) meetings.
As you plan for recruitment efforts, we encourage you to think about how you might use National Foster Care Month as a way of connecting with different people and organizations in your community. No matter what type of support or resources you may be looking for, it is wise to tailor messages and the approach for each target audience.
If you want to hear about a drug crime or armed robbery by a teen, listen to the 11:00 p.m. news on most nights or go to the Metro section of most newspapers. But if you want to hear about exemplary or ennobling behavior by young people, you may have to do some searching.
Nicole “Nikki” Pritchard is a sophomore at Mountain View High School and has taken on several high-profile leadership roles in her community. She is a member of the City of Mountain View Youth Advisory Group (YAG), the City of Mountain View Public Library Teen Advisory Group (TAG) and the Santa Clara County Coalition Against Teen Tobacco (CATT).
It was late May and I was driving to Dallas on highway 69 in eastern Oklahoma. About 4:30 PM I heard there was a tornado warning for some county with an Indian name (just about every county in Oklahoma has an Indian name). I pulled into a convenience store for gas and a cold soda when things really started blow'n.
Many people, including adults, struggle with interviews. Maybe it’s a result of first time apprehension, or maybe it’s the fear of putting yourself out there. Many of us just don’t know what to do or say. If you get called in for an interview that means that the manager has an interest in what you have to offer, now your job is to prove to them that you’re what they need!
