🚨🧪YFC topic issues 📚📩 by Dalia Mahgoub https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4 en-us 2021-12-15 21:54:21 UTC 2022-01-12 22:00:13 UTC hello@padlet.com Do you have experience with this issue? What kind? 2021team https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952325304 2021-12-16 17:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952325304 Do you have experience with this issue? What kind? 2021team https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952325390 2021-12-16 17:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952325390 Do you have experience with this issue? What kind? 2021team https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952327265 2021-12-16 17:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952327265 Do you have experience with this issue? What kind? 2021team https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952327993 2021-12-16 17:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952327993 Do you have experience with this issue? What kind? 2021team https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952328080 2021-12-16 17:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952328080 🌱 FAMILY CONTACT + AVOIDING FAMILY SEPARATION 2021team https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952367806 - High separation rates of Black families and other hypersurveilled communities 
- Historical Legacy of Family Separation (ICWA)
- extending definition family 
- Kinship Care Opportunities 
]]> 2021-12-16 18:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952367806 🚨 STAFF ACCOUNTABILITY + ABOLISHING SYSTEMS 2021team https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952369549 -Abusive treatment by staff 
- Manipulation and favoritism by staff 
- Safety concerns should lead to abolition - Staff not trained to work with young people 
-Staff do not provide safe and clean living environments
- Staff do not have de-escalation skills 
]]> 2021-12-16 18:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952369549 🧠 MENTAL HEALTH 2021team https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952371046 - not getting mental health attention and leading to being labeled as 'uncooperative'
- Mental health long-term effects as reason for abolition
- Possible continuation of Roadmaps
]]> 2021-12-16 18:06:43 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952371046 📚 EDUCATION/AFTER LEAVING THE SYSTEM 2021team https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952373049 - holistic life education + planning for after care 
- sexual health education / comprehensive consent programming
- ensuring parents that are in the system are awarded the same rights 
]]> 2021-12-16 18:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952373049 Do you have any ideas about other issues that we did not consider? 2021team https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952381317 2021-12-16 18:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952381317 🪴 AUTONOMY 2021team https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952382346 - engaging youth in their permanency planning 
-continuing to update youth on updates in their case 
- easily accessible information
]]> 2021-12-16 18:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952382346 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952699738 When I was in care staff did not seem equipped to work with youth in care. Staff showed heavy lack of interest, lack of self control, policies seemed to be written against youth almost seeming to criminalize youth]]> 2021-12-16 22:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952699738 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952699931 I like this topic because I wish I would’ve gotten more help with my knowing what was going on with my case and my transition planning. ]]> 2021-12-16 22:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952699931 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952700995 I would like to find a way to get more people interested in fostering youth even if just temporarily between transitions instead of using group homes]]> 2021-12-16 22:31:17 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952700995 I like this one! https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952701862 I agree with one! I had plenty of options to live with a different family member, but instead, I was removed. Not one person on my case searched for an alternate living situation. ]]> 2021-12-16 22:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952701862 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952703909 I really think that improving how mental health is treated in DHS should be a priority!]]> 2021-12-16 22:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952703909 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952704649 I know that there are things I need to talk to people about- specifically therapists. And there is so much instability associated with being in care. ]]> 2021-12-16 22:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952704649 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952705522 i like this topic because i wish i had more of a choice or help with my transitions planning and my case mostly because i was forced in to what i was going to do and had to do like system never listened to me and my safety concerns it was always what they wanted even if it meant me being in danger.]]> 2021-12-16 22:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952705522 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952705674 Some kids don't have family to help you after you leave the system. So you will need extra support when you leave care to make sure that you are stable and thriving.

]]> 2021-12-16 22:38:03 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952705674 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952705804 This is a good topic because If I would’ve gotten the attention I needed for my mental health I wouldn’t have made so many mistakes in the past. It would’ve been easier to navigate life. ]]> 2021-12-16 22:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952705804 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952706102 I had experienced mental and physical abuse In foster care and now I’m out the system it take time to recover and get the mental health back together which is not easy and nobody should go though that and I think this is a good topic to work on.]]> 2021-12-16 22:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952706102 Raise the standards j4jyfc2020 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952706357 - They're supposed to be supporting you, but youth have to reach out to organizations like DHS and hold them accountable
- We need to raise the standards to avoid some of the issues
- For example you might have a case manager who isn't helping you out, but they won't get changed until something drastic happens - Tiguida ]]> 2021-12-16 22:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952706357 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952707249 This one is important because kids experience so much instability when they are separated from their family/homes/communities.]]> 2021-12-16 22:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952707249 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952708028 when i was in the system either the staff from placements and group homes was not professional or showed no lack of caring especially over the ptsd that youth have and had and some was also very sexually abusive and mentally abusive when it came down to things like they did not care for anybody at all its like they were against me and the other youth.]]> 2021-12-16 22:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952708028 Things are changing. https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952708114 While being in the system, I didn't receive a good education. If I didn't study and research on my own time, I don't think things would be as easy. However, the world is changing everything. The way education is being taught now is different from how we were taught. If things don't improve, youth in the system may be years behind everyone else. Who knows, maybe jobs may require a certain level of education that youth in the system may be missing in the future. ]]> 2021-12-16 22:41:11 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952708114 Michael-John this issue resonates the most with me. hopkins897 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952708149 2021-12-16 22:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952708149 Better Planning j4jyfc2020 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952708832 Sixto talked about long term shelter supporting youth in preparing them in leaving care. They wait until about 17 or when you're about to turn 18, but I do believe they should provide you with resources and help you out because I feel like for the most part there is an org that helps youth out in aging out in care, but it shouldn't rely heavily on the program 

There should be a more cohesive or structed way in planning how the youth age out - Tiguida

]]> 2021-12-16 22:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952708832 Michael-John this was not a fun time being in group placements- there's a huge lack of communication- this issue I am the most connected with and I could work on this. hopkins897 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952709026 2021-12-16 22:42:28 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952709026 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952709126 I resonate with this topic because I feel like there aren't enough case workers that provide us with information about any resources/programs or support groups to help us after we age out of care. It's the same thing with people who are in care as well. They don't give us the proper information or explain things to us until we understand what is being said. ]]> 2021-12-16 22:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952709126 mental health https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952710295 this one is important because many of us are going thru alot and nobody are paying attention to us]]> 2021-12-16 22:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952710295 More Guidance j4jyfc2020 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952710408 I agree on this. Being engaged and having knowledge on these topics are really important. The case mangers, and staff in general should guide them so youth know what to do when they're not around - Tiguida]]> 2021-12-16 22:44:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952710408 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952710561 i like this topic -so when i was in the system i didnt have good education at all or i was refused it and then when i had court they blamed it on me saying i was skipping or i would just stay inside the group home when they know they was forcefully not allowing me to go and get my education even when the system forced me back home my worker and my dad would have kept me from school and told me i was not allowed to go and they would try and blame it on the fact i had ptsd or depression.-dezzy]]> 2021-12-16 22:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952710561 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952713891 I agree with this too! I had issues with Staff just getting away with too many things, and there were no consequences. I know that the ombudsman office is supposed to help fix this issue, but I believe that there needs to be more monitoring and structure set up to ensure that staff is doing their jobs and ensuring that youth are safe. 

]]> 2021-12-16 22:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952713891 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952714529 This is also a really important topic because mental health is not talked about or cared about enough and someone who is or was going through a transition, has their mental health affected in a lot of ways. Many times people don't care to check up on you or make sure you're alright and give you the mental health support you need ]]> 2021-12-16 22:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952714529 https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952718901 I think that this topic could help solve a lot of the other problems for those in care]]> 2021-12-16 22:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/2021team/t09n2gkzzez962j4/wish/1952718901