Grant
Define Drop-in Center
A place for runaway or homeless youth can visit without an appointment to get info, receive services or referrals, or meet other youths
What is the purpose of RHY program grants
provide runaway prevention outreach, shelter & transition services to run away, homeless, or at-risk youth
Case note turn around time
48 hours
Any physical, mental, dental, or behavioral treatment or referral to treatment
Health Care Services
A safe and reliable place to call home essential to fulfilling critical and basic needs for homeless youth.
Stable Housing
Develop & document plans that address steps to be taken in case of a local or national situation that poses risk to the health and safety of staff and youth
Disaster Plan
Review of an employee or applicant personal information
Background Check
A tool used to identify each youth's strengths & needs across multiple aspects of health, wellbeing, and behavior
Screening & Assessment tools
Document solidifying a relationship with a facility to which we refer clients
MOU
How long is a youth limited to staying in a temporary shelter?
21 days
The two main Texas Human Resource Codes that pertain to us
What is 34 USC
Identifying & assessing the needs of the client by consulting, coordinating, monitoring, evaluating, & advocating for the specific needs of a client
Case Management
Additional services that provide continuity & supportive follow up; provided for a minimum of three months
Aftercare
We should establish and maintain a strong working relationship with which liaison
McKinney-Vento Liaison
A family or single adult home, other than that of a parent or permanent legal guardian, that provides shelter to homeless youth.
Host family home.
Services provided to youth and their families for the purpose of preventing youth from running away including individual and family counseling and training relating to life skills and parenting.
Home-based services.
instruction to runaway or otherwise homeless youth providers in a skill area that will directly strengthen service delivery
Training
When to make a service plan
While staffing with a supervisor immediately after intake
Development of key competencies, attitudes, & behaviors that help a homeless youth avoid unhealthily risks
Social & Emotional Wellbeing
Settings in which runaway and homeless youth are providing room and board, crisis intervention, and other services on a 24-hour basis.
Temporary Shelter
individuals participating in the program shall not use their positions for a purpose that is or gives the appearance of being, motivated by a desire for private gain
Conflict of Intrest
Professionalism, Applied positive youth development, cultural & human diversity, applied human development, relationship & communication, and developmental practice methods
Core Competencies of Youth Workers
What are measurable characteristics of a youth that can occur at multiple levels associated with outcomes
Risk & Protective Factors
Families, adult-role models, communities, schools, & other positive social networks that provide a safety net for young people at risk of re-entering homelessness.
Permanent Connections
A shelter that combines living quarters & restroom facilities w/ centralized dining services, shared living spaces, & access to social & rec activities.
Congregate Care