Talk it Out Thursday Resources Available - Summer Youth Jobs

During the last Talk it Out Thursday call we discussed "Summer Youth Jobs"!   The conversation offered some great resources that we'd like to share with you.  Check out the links below:

                http://www.benjerry.com/values/how-we-do-business/partnershops

                http://www.doleta.gov/youth_services/

                http://www.doleta.gov/youth_services/wiaformula.cfm

                http://www.servicelocator.org/

Talk it Out Thursday is a conference call that provides an opportunity for staff from RHY programs to join in for an hour-long discussion regarding a variety of topics. This option is perfect for individuals who really want to connect and hear from other grantees directly about specific topics. Join us at 3:00pm ET each Thursday to Talk It Out!

Town Hall Meeting

The recorded session is now available at https://nationalsafeplace.ilinc.com/join/shfrxww. 

The Family and Youth Services Bureau is pleased to offer a Town Hall meeting reviewing the proposed regulations for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program.

The proposed regulations would establish new program performance standards for Runaway and Homeless Youth grantees providing services to eligible youth and their families. Also proposed are revisions to existing performance standards to reflect recent statutory changes and to update procedures for soliciting and awarding grants.

The Town Hall session is scheduled for Friday, May 9, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. EST. This meeting will provide an overview of the newly released regulations and its implications for your work. The call will cover: 

• Background, objectives and purpose for the proposed regulations;
• Major changes proposed in the rule; and
• Information on how to submit public comments.

Joining us on this call will be Resa Matthew, Director of the Division of Adolescent Development and Support; Christopher Holloway, Central Office Runaway and Homeless Youth Program Manager; and William Clair, Region West Runaway and Homeless Youth Program Manager at the Family and Youth Services Bureau.

Prior to the call, we encourage you to become familiar with the following documents located at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/resource/proposed-performance-standards-rhy

• Frequently Asked Questions about the Runaway and Homeless Youth Regulations
• Proposed Performance Standards for Runaway and Homeless Youth Grantees
• The Overview of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program Proposed Rule

The Forty to None Project Requests Your Participation

RHY Grantees You may be aware of the great work that the Forty to None Project does!  They are conducting an important survey that will continue to help them understand the experiences of service providers working with youth experiencing homelessness, particularly those youth who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT).  They have partnered with the Palette Fund and the Williams Institute at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) to create the second iteration of the Serving Our Youth survey and they would like to hear from you.

The Forty to None Project first conducted this survey in 2011, and thanks to the participation of service providers around the country, Serving Our Youth has brought significant movement around the issue of LGBT youth homelessness at the national, state, and local levels.  You can access the report here https://truecolorsfund.org/portfolio/serving-our-youth.

The survey will take approximately 30 minutes of your time.  In order to complete the survey, you will need access to demographic and programmatic information related to the youth your organization served in 2013.  There are questions in this survey you may not be able to answer because you do not have the appropriate data. If that is the case, it is requested that you provide your best estimate for that question. If you still cannot provide an answer, please leave the question or the portion of the question blank and move onto the rest of the survey.

Please visit www.surveymonkey.com/s/RHYyouthprovider to access the survey.  The survey deadline is June 1. If you have any questions about this effort or the survey, please contact Jama Shelton, Forty to None Project Director, at 212-461-4401 ext. 103 or [email protected]<mailto:[email protected].

Thank you for taking the time out of your schedule to respond to this survey and for all of your work to help and support young people every day.

Runaway and Homeless Youth Program Notice of Proposed Rulemaking April 2014

The Family and Youth Services Bureau invites the public to comment on proposed regulations for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program. Comments are due by June 13, 2014. The regulations would establish new program performance standards for Runaway and Homeless Youth grantees providing services to eligible youth and their families.  It also proposes revisions to existing performance standards to reflect recent statutory changes and to update procedures for soliciting and awarding grants.  The proposed regulations are published under the authority granted to the Secretary of Health and Human Services by the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (Title III of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974), 42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq. as amended by the Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-378).

Review the proposed Regulations in the Federal Register

Provide your comments on Regulations.gov

FYSB Revised Regulations