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Free Online Learning: Improving Conversations with Youth

Pathways Research and Training Center offers several videos and interactive learning modules designed to improve conversations between practitioners and young people. Tools describe effective interviewing techniques; what to say and what not to say; different conversational styles; and how and why to use open-ended questions in youth-driven conversations.

Access online learning tools here: https://www.pathwaysrtc.pdx.edu/learning-tools
 

Going National: How to Grow a Small Non-Profit

A recent article from Stanford Social Innovation Review details how one small non-profit quadrupled in size and operating budget in just seven years. Portland, Oregon-based Friends of the Children, which provides mentors to at-risk youth, had just five locations in 2012, but grew to 20 by 2019. The article describes their service model—pairing a salaried mentor with a school-age child through high school graduation, no matter what—and lessons learned including how they were able to fundraise $25 million for their national expansion. Other takeaways include the importance of investing in quality performance management and evaluation, strong community support, and diversified funding.

Read the article here: 
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/how_a_portland_based_nonprofit_
scaled_from_5_to_20_locations_in_7_years
 

Training Youth Support Workers

Based on a national survey of 254 transition service providers conducted by Youth MOVE National, researchers at Pathways RTC analyzed the training needs of youth workers who provide mental health support services to youth. Differences were found between the needs of peer support workers and non-peer support staff—for example, peer workers asked for more in-person and on-the-job training, while other staff asked for more training on youth culture and technology. Both groups identified trauma-informed care as a high priority for training; the expense of training and a heavy work load were the two most commonly cited barriers to participation.

Access the study here: https://www.pathwaysrtc.pdx.edu/pdf/projPTTP-JBHSR-Training-Needs-Transition-Service-Providers.pdf
 

Staff Development Resources from HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s Alcohol and Substance-Exposed Pregnancy Prevention (AStEPP) initiative

The Healthy Start Technical Assistance Center designed AStEPP materials to help community health workers in Healthy Start and home visitors learn more about prevention and early identification of fetal exposure to alcohol or other drugs. These materials can be used by staff in other women-focused social or health service organizations too.

Materials include:
 

Social Enterprises Turn Trash into Treasure

A recent report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation describes how nonprofit service providers in the Cascade Alliance are using waste-based social enterprises to generate revenue and to provide employment and skill-building opportunities for clients. Projects that recycle mattresses, refurbish or recycle cast-off electronics and construction materials, and those that re-sell books and clothing boast environmental, economic and social benefits for their communities.

Access the full report here:
https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2019/01/reaping-multiple-benefits-through-a-network-of-waste-based-social-enterprises.html
 

Emergency Preparedness Resources

These resources can provide more information and training to organizations/individuals around emergencies and preparedness. Included are links to resources and groups that provide assistance pre and post disaster. The list is broken down Federally, Regionally and locally. Contact Municipal departments (Fire/Police) for similar information locally.

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State:

Non-Profit:

Local Organizations

Access the print version of this resource here: 
https://www.rhyttac.net/assets/docs/Resources/RHY%20Emergency%20Preparedness%20Resource.pdf
 

Ready for Anything: A Disaster Planning Manual for RHY Programs

This manual teaches the “Ps and Rs” (prevention and preparedness, response, and recovery) of disaster planning. It includes worksheets and checklists to guide you step by step through the process of creating an emergency-preparedness plan for your youth-serving agency.

Download the "Ready for Anything" manual here: 
https://www.rhyttac.net/assets/docs/Resources/Ready%20for%20Anything_final_020719.pdf
 

Understanding Why Young People Engage and Disengage in Services

As part of Chapin Hall’s Voices of Youth Count study, researchers explored the attitudes that 215 young people held toward engaging in formal and informal homelessness services. Through a series of vignettes, a recent article in Cityscape describes how young people’s identity, experiences, and desire to act on their own behalf are related to patterns of support-seeking. The study emphasizes that all young people are capable of different levels of engagement depending on the circumstances, and that providers should consider it a fluid, multidimensional concept.

Read the article here: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/periodicals/cityscpe/vol20num3/ch2.pdf

 

 
 

Helping Young People Engage with Natural Supports

This three-page resource from University of Massachusetts Medical School shares best practices for engaging families – and supports of choice – in service planning with young people. The tool offers tips on framing conversations, working through conflict, and protecting youth’s boundaries. A simple activity for helping young people identify their natural supports is also included.

Download this tool here: 
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1128&context=pib
 

SOAR Training for Youth Serving Professionals

Many youth victims of human trafficking come into contact with health care and social service professionals yet remain unidentified. Youth and young adult victims of trafficking can present a wide range of physical and psychological health issues and social service needs. This webinar training aims to educate social service providers, youth serving organizations, and health care providers on how to identify, treat, and create a collaborative and appropriate response to youth victims of human trafficking. 

View the webinar slides here: 
https://www.rhyttac.net/assets/docs/Resources/SOAR%20to%20Health
%20and%20Wellness%20Live%20Webinar%208_21.pdf
 
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