{"id":928,"date":"2012-03-31T08:28:36","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T16:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fairbanksyouthadvocates.org\/board\/?p=928"},"modified":"2012-05-04T08:33:13","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T16:33:13","slug":"directors-notes-3312012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fairbanksyouthadvocates.org\/board\/2012\/03\/31\/directors-notes-3312012\/","title":{"rendered":"Director’s Notes 3\/31\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overall:<\/strong>\u00a0It felt like we took some giant steps forward this month in relationships with future partners. Still \u2013 no dull moments and God is good.<\/p>\n

Meetings this Month:
\n<\/strong>Fairbanks Chamber<\/em>\u00a0We were introduced on 3\/13
\nArctic Alliance<\/em>
\nArctic Alliance\u2019s\u00a0Interior Delegation<\/em> meetings
\nFairbanks Housing and Homeless Coalition<\/em>
\nFHHC\u2019s Youth Focus Group\u00a0<\/em>of which I have been asked to chair,
\nFairbanks Rescue Mission:<\/em>\u00a0Sarah and I continue to attend weekly staff meetings,
\nFamily to Family\u00a0<\/em>This is for OCS partnering agencies,
\nBrown Bag Quarterly for Professionals<\/em> working with children,
\nChoose Respect Rally<\/em>\u00a0in Golden Heart Park,<\/p>\n

Contacts:<\/strong>\u00a0Personal meetings with key people<\/em><\/p>\n

1.) Office of Children\u2019s Services, with Sarah Alden \u2013 #2 in command, Yuri\u00a0 who is head of licensing, & Luvenia Rogers \u2013Transition Specialists,
\nThis was a break through meeting. It felt like we made the leap from not being at the table to at least being recognized. They even suggested that Luvenia have an onsite office at our location! Yuri had a number of suggestions for improving success.<\/p>\n

2) Camille, ED of Fairbanks Counseling & Adoption
\nThis also felt like a break through meeting. We found common ground on many subjects that pertain to children and we were invited to join FCA over at SOAP. This meeting also lead to #4, below.<\/p>\n

3) Polly, Interim ED for North Star Youth Court, This meeting was just a God thing. I sat next to her at an Interior Delegation meeting at the LIO. We had never met before. She is an Athabascan from Tok. When everybody left \u2013 we continued to talk for an hour. She is getting her masters in Justice and studied with a group in Canada last summer whose specialty is family conferencing. She really wants to expand family conferencing and offer more reconciliation.<\/p>\n

4) Jana, the new Director of Fairbanks Counseling and Adoption\u2019s SOAP (Street Outreach and Advocacy Program) This was also very productive. Jana is new to SOAP and we had never met. We discussed working closely with each other in the future. I am very hopeful.<\/p>\n

5) We joined the Downtown Association \u2013 free to nonprofits \u2013<\/p>\n

Trainings:
\n<\/strong>1. Developing A Framework For Ending Youth Homelessness\u00a0 \u2013 a free Webinar<\/p>\n

2. Darkness to Light\u00a0by Stewards of Children \u2013 a 3 hour training in the prevention of child abuse. $40.00 (All of our staff will eventually have this training)<\/p>\n

3. World Caf\u00e9:\u00a0We were invited to lead the last Winter World Caf\u00e9 for Teens at Joel\u2019s Place on 3\/27. They gave us the topic: youth homelessness. It was one of the first warm days and the kids were outside & not interested in coming in. However, we ended up having some excellent conversations with partnering agency reps that we had not seen in a long time \u2013 so all was not lost.<\/p>\n

4. Future Trainings:\u00a0I believe it would benefit us if I could spend time at Covenant House and\/or Juneau Youth Services for some time this summer. I have been thinking about this, and then it was suggested. These could be expensive \u2013 air miles and\/or driving with hotel. I think I would have a free place to stay in Anchorage.<\/p>\n

Donations & Fundraising & Opportunities in the community:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. We were awarded a $1000.00 Altruistic Gift from the Alaska Alpha Delta Kappa,<\/li>\n
  2. No\u00a0monthly donations\u00a0were received in March,<\/li>\n
  3. April:\u00a0Dolly Caswell\u2019s Presentations, Human Trafficking, has been a good experience for how much time something can take. It is amazing how many emails this has generated.<\/li>\n
  4. May:\u00a0The GSA student group at UAF is helping us with a May clothing drive up at the University. When students leave the dorms \u2013 there is an opportunity for us . . .<\/li>\n
  5. We have made plans at this time to have a tent at
    \n*\u00a0Farmer\u2019s Market: most Wednesday\u2019s & a few Saturdays, June-August
    \n*\u00a0Downtown market:\u00a0every other Monday, June \u2013 Sept.<\/li>\n
  6. We would like to sell Rosettes and coffee \u2013 but more than that \u2013 talk to people about FYA and what we are doing and let folks get to know us\u2013 and add them to our list serve.\u00a0 It is critical that we develop our friend base<\/li>\n
  7. June: Clucking Blossom<\/li>\n
  8. July: Angry, Young, & Poor<\/li>\n
  9. September: We have yet to meet with Shane \u2013 but he thinks we should have a city-wide youth group\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0sleep out\u00a0\u2013 to raise awareness on this issue.<\/li>\n
  10. November:
    \n* We had talked about\u00a0Street Monologues\u00a0in November. However, I am having second thoughts. Both Rodney and Linda suggested the timing (trying to get everything ready for opening) could be hard. Events take a lot of time \u2013 so we need to think this one out carefully. I like the idea of doing it in November \u2013 but this might be best if someone else could head this up and I am out of the picture.
    \n* Candle light -Vigil –
    \n* Open House put donation cans out. He said, we could raise $ and it would be way easier.<\/li>\n
  11. Winter 2013: Project Run-A-way: We are thinking that this could be our annual fundraiser. We are looking at the months of February or March.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    City of Fairbanks & Community Development Block Grant
    \n<\/em><\/strong>The city was awarded this grant. Patrick & I met with city official, Patrick Smith to have some initial conversation about the project. That same day, I walked Patrick Smith through the house.<\/p>\n

    Staffing:<\/strong>\u00a0As mentioned in the last staff mtg., I\u2019m looking at alternatives for staffing for several reasons. Rodney brought up looking at missionaries \u2013 new idea. I called 2 young friends, Luke & Courtney, who serve through Innerchange to the street youth in San Fran. They thought this project sounded very appealing and felt that we would have no problem finding 2 couples. BUT they strongly suggested we discuss this as a board and formulate what we are really after. I have begun researching. I know what I don\u2019t want to see.<\/p>\n

    My Hours:<\/strong>\u00a0I am trying to work from home on Mondays and Fridays. This gives me a chance to have longer uninterrupted time. Tuesday \u2013 Thursday I am in town and usually driving about. I think one of the most important thing I can do right now for FYA is build relationships. \u00a0So \u2013 lots of time and energy going in this direction.<\/p>\n

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