San Francisco’s System Improvement Plan 2010 for Child Welfare Services

    San Francisco’s System Improvement Plan 2010 for Child Welfare Services

    By Dana Mandolesi on February 4, 2010

    As part of the requirements to receive federal funding for foster care and supportive services for families, Child Welfare Services (CWS) must complete a tri-annual System Improvement Plan (SIP), which HEY’s Project Manager, Dana Mandolesi, attends.

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    AB 12 Passes in the Assembly 72 to 0

    AB 12 Passes in the Assembly 72 to 0

    By admin on February 1, 2010

    AB 12 passed in the Assembly yesterday with a final vote of 72 to 0! The bill had strong bipartisan support, with both Democrats and Republicans speaking on the floor about how AB 12 will better support youth in their transition from foster care.

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    Scholarships Available to Former Foster Youth Until March 31, 2010

    Scholarships Available to Former Foster Youth Until March 31, 2010

    By admin on January 25, 2010

    Casey Family Scholars Program will be accepting applications through OFA (www.orphan.org) until March 31st for undergraduate and graduate school support to college students who were in foster care.

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    Youth Worker Exchange: The Art of Youth Work: February 2, 2010

    Youth Worker Exchange: The Art of Youth Work: February 2, 2010

    By Dana Mandolesi on January 25, 2010

    Youth workers should! Youth workers are professionals who work with, or on behalf of, young people – everyone from front line staff to executive leadership to funders! Our next Youth Worker Exchange will be held on Tuesday, February 2nd, and the theme is: the Art of Youth Work.

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    The United Way hosts “Struggling to Make Ends Meet in the Bay Area”

    The United Way hosts “Struggling to Make Ends Meet in the Bay Area”

    By admin on January 25, 2010

    The United Way of the Bay Area invites the community to a panel discussion on creating pathways out of poverty for the more than 440,000 Bay Area families who are struggling to make ends meet, according to United Way’s recently released report.

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    HEY’s Holiday Party

    HEY’s Holiday Party

    By Dana Mandolesi on January 19, 2010

    The staff, EYAB, HEY interns and friends celebrated the holiday season this year with dinner, games and conversation. We missed all of our good friends who could not attend, and hope everyone the best of luck in the upcoming new year!

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    Free Special Issue of Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1989-2009

    Free Special Issue of Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1989-2009

    By admin on January 14, 2010

    Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, recently announced the publication of a freely available Special Issue of Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1989-2009 on the 20th Anniversary of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

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    HEY’s First Houseparty Fundraiser

    HEY’s First Houseparty Fundraiser

    By Claudia Mendez on December 7, 2009

    On December 6th, Katy Hope, one of HEY’s board members hosted a fundraiser event in her house. I am happy to say that all of her hard work paid off because the event was a success.

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    HEY Web Intern – Currently Hiring!

    HEY Web Intern – Currently Hiring!

    By admin on December 3, 2009

    HEY seeks a student intern to support the continuing work of our new website, heysf.org. Heysf.org is run with a WordPress Content Management System (CMS), with several custom plugins.

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    My Experience as a HEY Intern

    My Experience as a HEY Intern

    By Lindsey Passmore on November 30, 2009

    I am a senior at San Francisco State University graduating with a B.S. from the Health Education Program. After 3 intellectually-stimulating, time-demanding semesters in this program, the final semester requires students to intern for local organizations…

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