Community Conversation Event AFFM is pleased to once again be partnering with DHHS, the Muskie School of Public Service, and other friends of youth and families to take part in an opportunity to share ideas and strategies for achieving permanency for youth in foster care. A Community Conversation will take place on May 29, 2014 at Auburn Public Library, in the Androscoggin Community Room, 49 Spring Street, Auburn. The time of the event is 9:00am-2:00pm. The Community Conversation will bring together a panel of youth and foster, adoptive or kinship parents. The goal is to increase awareness and ultimately to make a positive commitment to seek permanency for Maines youth who are in or have been in foster care. Stories will be shared about what has worked and what has not. A skilled facilitator will lead the panel in a rich and vital conversation. Following the panel participants will have the opportunity to take part in a discussion and explore permanency options for Maines youth. As a participant you will be given the opportunity to ask questions and share ideas on what permanency means to you. We all want youth to have someone to call on to share and help celebrate their joys as well as to help decrease their challenges and sorrows. Your input matters. Please plan to attend. We are offering a gift card to anyone who brings someone with them. Bring a provider, school teacher, or even a friend that might be interested in working with youth. The Community Conversation we hope will lead to an on-going dialogue about this important topic. We of course hope the dialogue will improve and increase the numbers of youth who achieve permanency. Resource families are encouraged to attend. Your voices are so important. You are with the youth every day and night. You understand the messages they share and many that they dont. Please join in and help Maine move more kids into permanency. GAL Continuing Education Credits have been approved for this event. Application has been made for CLEs for attorneys. Please call AFFM for an update on this application. This is a training event good towards Resource Family Training hours for relicensing. A 5 hour certificate will be given at the end of the day. Invitation What: A Community Conversation Where: Auburn Public Library - Androscoggin Community Room, 49 Spring Street, Auburn When: May 29, 2014 Time: 9:00am - 2:00pm (Bring a bag lunch. Beverages and dessert will be provided. For those who wish to grab lunch onsite The Library Café will be open on the ground floor of the library) Staff will host an optional lunch time discussion about reunification and permanency for our Maine children. *Note about parking: Please use the parking lot diagonally across the street from the Library Avenue entrance. Parking close to the building is limited to 2 hours. There is also covered parking behind Auburn Hall, which is down the hill on Court Street. Who should attend: Resource parents (Foster, Adoptive and Kinship) Youth, Child Welfare workers, Educators, Private Agency Representatives, Mental Health Advocates (therapists, law enforcement, counselors, guidance counselors, Guardian Ad Litems, Court Appointed Special Advocates, the general population who may be interested in providing for Maines youth, Attorneys and individuals invested in permanency outcomes for youth in foster care. To learn more about youth in need of permanency and the logic behind the Community Conversations see the Youth Leadership Transition Collaborative and Digital Stories linked with AFFM website: affm.net Please call Adoptive and Foster Families of Maine at 827-2331 or email [email protected] to RSVP if you are planning to attend this event. Dont forget to bring a friend!
Posted on: Wed, 21 May 2014 14:24:31 +0000
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