Treehouse Organizational Analysis by Taylor Riker https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv Based on Ethics and Equity en-us 2022-03-06 21:27:21 UTC 2022-03-12 11:01:48 UTC hello@padlet.com anexia20 https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2080279595 2022-03-06 21:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2080279595 Background anexia20 https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2080284548 Founded: Seattle, WA in 1988 by social workers

Purpose: To give foster kids a childhood and a future

Methodology: Significance of meaningful relationship building; collaboration with existing support systems; increased access to resources for educational achievement

Current Goal: Assist 90% of Washington foster youth to complete high school and develop a transition plan to move forward by 2027]]> 2022-03-06 21:45:18 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2080284548 Washington Youth Demographics (2020) anexia20 https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2080290926 2022-03-06 21:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2080290926 Washington Foster Youth Demographics (2020) anexia20 https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2080292093 2022-03-06 21:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2080292093 Timeline: Restrictions on Government Funding anexia20 https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2080306635 1988-1995: Small-scale independent fundraising efforts maintained
Treehouse.

2000: An informal partnership trial with Seattle Public Schools
& DCFS. Small-scale donations sustained Treehouse.

2011: 1 state funding agreement (DSHS) (Peter Sullivan LLP, 2012,
p. 6).

2015: +2 state funding agreements (3 total) - government support
still limited (Peter Sullivan LLP, 2015, p. 7).

2018: +1 state funding agreement (4 total) - government support
still limited (Moss Adams, 2019, p. 9).

2020: Traditional limits on government support completely omitted
(Moss Adams, 2020, p. 9). 
Instead, a plan for statewide expansion introduced and new
goal: “youth in [foster] care throughout Washington state [to] graduate from
high school at the same rate as their peers, with support and a plan to launch
successfully into adulthood” (Moss Adams, 2020, p. 9).]]> 2022-03-06 22:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2080306635 Ethics Recommendation anexia20 https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2082436150 Pursue expansion and develop long-term goals ethically by developing a meta-cognizant framework using the mission and values to consider the ethical implications of equitable service to foster youth.

This can be accomplished by three distinct actions: ]]> 2022-03-07 19:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2082436150 Program Details anexia20 https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2082442791  ]]> 2022-03-07 19:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2082442791 Challenges & Barriers anexia20 https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2082469856 Extended Foster Care:

- Increase the “aged-out” criteria to 21 years old

- $400 million for aged-out and are 23-26 years old

- California bill, but no similar Washington bill yet

- Treehouse is working closely with legislative representatives and collaborating with other organizations
]]> 2022-03-07 20:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2082469856 Equity Recommendation anexia20 https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2082481930 Intergenerational Model:
This model includes families who are fostering youth living in Treehouse affordable housing, senior cottages, and a community center.

Intergenerational model would offer a mentor that is of the same faith, sexuality, culture, race, and/or ethnicity, could offer another sense of community and belong to young people in foster care.

Elders educate, advocate, support, foster youth of their similar culture and provide guidance to government systems and organizations on how to equitably support the needs of foster youth and their families.

- “No youth arrests, no failed placements resulting in a child being returned to the Department of Children and Families, and no teen pregnancies" (Dolan, J. H., & Grotevant, H. D. 2014).

- Washington's Treehouse would need more funding to access land/property and more staff to be successful.]]> 2022-03-07 20:15:17 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2082481930 Treehouse Current Collective Impact Model anexia20 https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2084923504 2022-03-08 22:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2084923504 Treehouse Collective Impact Model: 2011 anexia20 https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2084925998
 
 ]]> 2022-03-08 22:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2084925998 Reality of Foster Youth lanekrumpos https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2085139390 2022-03-09 01:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2085139390 Reality of Foster Youth Alumni as Adults lanekrumpos https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2085140210 2022-03-09 01:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2085140210 Treehouse Stance on Equity lanekrumpos https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2085210401 Action Plan Addressing
  1. Decision Making
  2. Budget 
  3. Money From
  4. Accountability To
  5. Power and Pay
  6. Location
  7. Members
  8. Culture
  9. Programs

Current Action Steps
  • Internal reflection focusing on resiliency 
  • Affinity groups 
    • Asian Pacific Islander Affinity Group
    • B.E.A.T – Black Employees at Treehouse
    • Jews at Treehouse Affinity Group
    • LatinX Affinity Group
    • Multiracial/Mixed Race Affinity Group
    • PRIDE @ Treehouse – LGBTQ+ Affinity Group 
]]> 2022-03-09 02:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2085210401 anexia20 https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2085220186 https://www.treehouseforkids.org/]]> 2022-03-09 02:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2085220186 Equity Team Paper anexia20 https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2085222763 2022-03-09 02:48:45 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2085222763 Mission & Values codysbakken https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2089194277 2022-03-10 21:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2089194277 Treehouse Programs https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2089263092 2022-03-10 22:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2089263092 Program Equity Challenges: https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2089271486 2022-03-10 22:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2089271486 Contributor Ratio: codysbakken https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2089352809 2022-03-11 00:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2089352809 History of Financials: codysbakken https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2089356370 2022-03-11 00:20:01 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2089356370 Trending Contributions: codysbakken https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2089356700 2022-03-11 00:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2089356700 1. Maintaining a diverse portfolio of donors (public & private) codysbakken https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2091389507
  • ensures financial stability to continue providing service & programs to foster youth
  • prioritizes foster youth needs over possible personal or political agendas;
    • ]]>     2022-03-12 05:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2091389507     2. Reinstating a policy restriction on the acceptance of state funding (or any significantly large/regular donor) codysbakken https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2091389615
  • would prevent quantifiable gains at the expense of qualifiable outcomes
  • supports the effort to diversify donor portfolio for long-term organizational stability;
    • ]]>     2022-03-12 05:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2091389615     3. Imbricating the voice of the foster youth clientele in organizational and strategic planning as an advisory board codysbakken https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2091389783
  • completes top-to-bottom support for the mission and values
  • promotes more opportunities for mentorship and leadership acumen.
    • ]]>     2022-03-12 05:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2091389783     codysbakken https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2091402586 2022-03-12 06:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2091402586 codysbakken https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2091403125 2022-03-12 06:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2091403125 Ethics Team Paper codysbakken https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2091538413 2022-03-12 10:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/anexia20/1or72fhrgc7qk5mv/wish/2091538413