306: youth and family engagement strategies engaging youth and families on advisory boards
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306: Youth and Family Engagement Strategies
Engaging Youth and Families on Advisory Boards
306: Youth and Family Engagement StrategiesThe Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center
Overview
• Be aware of the importance of engaging youth and parents on advisory boards;
• Know the cycle of youth and family engagement on advisory boards;
• Understand tools and techniques that are helpful for engaging and supporting youth and families on advisory boards;
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Overview (cont.)
• Know common challenges and barriers related to engaging youth and families on advisory boards; and,
• Understand the perspectives of youth and families that have served on advisory boards.
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What does the Research Say?
• Builds a sense of belonging and connection to their communities;
• Creates civic awareness and action; • Experience a sense of mastery and self-efficacy;• Child safety actually improved when the family
is connected strongly to the community and not the child welfare system;
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What does the Research Say? (cont’d)
• Professionals view input as essential;• More energized and committed to the
organization; • Helped clarify and focus the organization’s
mission; and• More attuned to the needs of the community.
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Keys to Fostering Youth and Parent Engagement
• Support;• Youth/Parent-friendly environment; • Opportunities to complete meaningful tasks;
and • Opportunities to learn and use new skills.
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Using the Roadmap
Readiness Assessme
nt
Recruitment
SelectionOrientation
Support and
Mentoring
Monitoring and
Continuous Quality
Improvement
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Readiness Assessment
• Focuses on the needs and values of the board – both professional and personal
• Assesses several key areas: – Board needs;– Leadership needs;– Board policies and procedures; and – Board diversity.
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Recruitment
• Develop a strategic recruitment plan:
– Who do you need? – Where can you find youth and parents? – What are some potential challenges and their
solutions? – What are your benchmarks?
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Develop a Recruitment Plan
• Individually or with other colleagues from your agency:
– Think about who you need (or would need) on an agency advisory board.
– Where would you find these people? – How would you engage and recruit them? – What are some potential challenges and
solutions?– Develop a recruitment plan with three outcomes.
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Selection
• Interviews • Realistic job descriptions• Background clearances • Succession planning • Focus on diversity
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Orientation
• Roles and responsibilities • Mentorship • Training • Connections • Strategic Sharing
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Support and Mentoring
• Before, during, and after meetings • Sharing meeting rules • Clarifying expectations and roles• Meeting logistics
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How much can I handle?
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Monitoring
• How will we know we are successful? • Logic models • Who monitors what? • How will we measure success? What tools will
we use?
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A Tale of Two Boards
• How are youth/parents participating on the board?
• How do you think they feel? • How do you think the other committee
members feel?• What about the advisory board structure will
enable or hinder youth/parent participation? • How would you implement changes to deal
with barriers?
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The Youth and Parent Engagement Checklist
• What are your board’s or organization’s strengths?
• Areas needing improvement?
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Key Advice from the Experts
• Chris Nobles, Youth Ambassador – [email protected]
• Denise Hoffman, Parent Ambassador– [email protected]
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Moving Forward
• Questions and Answers • Next steps in recruiting, training, and
supporting parents and youth on your advisory board
• Sources for support
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Resources
• This presentation was adapted from the free publication:
– Say Y.E.S. to Youth: Youth Engagement Strategies, Pennsylvania State University Cooperative Extensionhttp://downloads.c.as.psu.edu/4h/yesbookweb.pdf
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