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TAY AmeriCorps

TAY AmeriCorps is a Los Angeles and Bay Area program targeted at providing peer support to LA and Bay Area transition-age foster youth (TAY, ages 14 to 23) to help them achieve self-sufficiency and successfully transition to independence. A partnership between LA Department of Children and Family Services, Youth Services Division, LA Opportunity Youth Network, the Bay Area TAY AmeriCorps Collaborative of TAY-serving organizations, iFoster, and CaliforniaVolunteers, TAY AmeriCorps will deploy up to 150 trained current and former foster youth (ages 18-23) a year as stipended AmeriCorps service members to partner agencies across the county to augment their capacity to support TAY achieving key life goals of: academic persistence, employment, and self-sufficiency (including attainment of life skills). Over the next three years, this program seeks to meaningfully impact the self-sufficiency readiness, employment and educational outcomes for transition-age foster youth in both Los Angeles County and the Bay Area. Based on its success, the program has the potential to be renewed and expanded. iFoster’s vision is to develop a national service solution to increasing TAY access to existing community resources to enable them to achieve self-sufficiency and to build career pathways into the public sector for TAY who serve as AmeriCorps members. To that end, the following outlines the responsibilities of iFoster and participating Host Sites.

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Member Duties : TAY AmeriCorps Members Role Members will connect TAY to the resources they need to achieve academic, employment, and self-sufficiency success through: outreach, resource navigation, follow-up, and check-ins. a. Outreach (~40% of time) Conduct outreach activities to TAY at host placement site and at specific events in the community. Outreach activities may include: presentations, manning resource tables, social media, newsletters, etc. b. Resource Navigation (~40% of time) Complete a resource needs assessment with TAY beneficiaries, determine resource solutions to meet each need and determine eligibility. Connect TAY to resources following standard operating procedures. c. Follow Up (~10% of time) Follow Up with TAY to ensure TAY received the resource and to check if other resources are needed. d. Check-Ins (~20% of time) Conduct monthly check ins with TAY to assess program impact and if they need other resources.

Program Benefits : Training , Ongoing professional development , Education award upon successful completion of service , Living Allowance .

Terms :
Permits working at another job during off hours , Permits attendance at school during off hours , Uniforms provided and required .

Service Areas :
Community and Economic Development .

Skills :
General Skills , Communications , current or former foster youth , Team Work .

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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps State / National

Program
TAY AmeriCorps

Program Start/End Date
02/08/2019 - 12/31/2019

Work Schedule	Part Time

Education level
High school diploma/GED

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: 23

Program Locations	CALIFORNIA Los Angeles/Orange County , San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose

Accepting Applications
From 12/01/2018 To 01/31/2019

Contact	Summer Rogers
177 E Colorado Blvd
Pasadena CA 91105
5305629209
summer@ifoster.org
www.ifoster.org

Listing ID	85622


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