The Alliance for Children's Rights Healthy Teen Families Program: - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Alliance for Children's Rights Healthy Teen Families Program: Services for Expected and Parenting Youth in Foster Care Who We Are The Alliance staff includes lawyers, social workers, a public health nurse, advocates and volunteers who
The Alliance staff includes lawyers, social workers, a public health nurse, advocates and volunteers who understand prevailing laws and regulations affecting children and families. We work to ensure children have stable homes, healthcare and the education they need to thrive. We also work to create system-wide change for foster youth through public policy reform.
The Alliance protects the rights of abused and neglected children and youth by providing free legal services and advocacy. We assist caregivers and relatives seeking information and advice about legal issues affecting children and youth living in foster care or with someone other than their parents.
Programs include:
Expectant & Parenting Youth in Foster care
A conference designed to proactively identify and address the needs of any pregnant or parenting teen under the supervision
teen fathers)
A PPT Conference brings the teen and her village together to look at:
Her resources Helps her fill in the gaps where she has needs, even ones she doesn't know she has.
DC DCFS FS/C /Com
(ILP) Coordinator
Fa Family Support Systems:
members
and paternal)
and how to do it.
The NFP is a free, voluntary program that partners first- time moms with nurses who provide intensive home visitation services. Referrals to the NFP must be submitted by the 28th week of pregnancy. For more information: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/mch/nfp/nfp.htm
Home Visitation Consortium https://edirectory.homevisitingla.org/ To access the E-Directory for Home Visitation Programs
THE YOUTH WILL LIKELY NEED ASSISTANCE NAVIGATING THEIR OPTIONS
has an open case
information regarding childcare - http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/larr.asp
have funding for childcare
AB 12
voluntarily stay in foster care until 21.
with the goal of helping them become more self-sufficient. There is also funding for their baby.
can enter and exit foster care as much as they need to during these three years.
Placement
varying depending on the age of the youth Gr Group/Foster Ho Home:13-18 18 SI SILP:18-21 21 TH THP+ P+FC: C:18-21 21 TH THP P Pl Plus us: 18-24 24
Early Infant Supplement ($415/month)
Months 7- 9 9 of pr pregnancy
Infant Supplement ($900/month)
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Parenting Support Plan (PSP)
Non- Foster Care Funding
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These are government programs that provide assistance.
nutrition and breast feeding education to pregnant women and their children up to five years old.
called an EBT card that can be used at groceries, farmer’s markets and other food outlets.
(regardless of their income) under CA’s implementation of Affordable Care Act
is active. The Alliance for Children’s Rights can help with Medi- Cal issues for current and former foster youth.
month under their mother’s Medi-Cal. The youth should inform her/his CSW of the baby’s birth so the Infant Supplement and baby’s Medi-Cal can be initiated.
This includes issues such as:
Public Counsel provides free legal advice on teen parent family law issues for youth in care.
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Shire Wortham, MSW s.wortham@kids-alliance.org 213-368-6010 ext. 153 Barbara Facher, MSW b.facher@kids-alliance.org 213-368-6010 ext. 105