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Groups in Rural Communities
Joseph Candelaria, MIKID/Northern Arizona Youth Voice Coordinator
Jason Carpenter, NARBHA Youth and Young Adults Projects Coordinator, Sara Salek, M.D., ADHS/DBHS Medical Director for Children’s Services
Antonio Wilson, FIC Youth Development Coordinator
Learning Objectives
• Be provided with information and strategies for facilitating the development of rural youth leadership
facilitating the development of rural youth leadership groups
• Develop a better understanding of the benefits for Develop a better understanding of the benefits for
the service providers by supporting youth leadership in their rural communities • Gain a youth’s perspective of youth leadership development in their community and how it affected them, their community and their peers Be provided with information and Be
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Development of Youth Leadership Groups
Supporting Youth in rural areas to gain the skills, experience, Supporting
Youth in rural areas to gain the skills experience
and confidence needed to emerge as effective leaders in their own Child and family teams and in the Behavioral Health community.
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Assess the needs of the community Assess the willingness to start a Youth Group
Partner with the area clinic to discuss building a Youth Group • Convene a Planning Meeting
Con ene a Planning Meeting
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Development of Youth Leadership Groups
• Kickoff event: Youth Leadership Retreat Kickoff event: Youth Leadership Retreat
– Youth Speakers
– Activities‐ Involve youth in decision to form a youth group. – Plan first meeting. will include handout for Youth Retreat Master Plan first meeting will include handout for Youth Retreat Master
Function list
• Putting the pieces together
– Funding Sources
Funding Sources
– Youth Leader involvement and growth • Support youth in developing goals for the group
– Activities/Advocacy
• Support youth in developing mission statement and name • How to keep youth involved
Develop a better understanding of the benefits for the service providers by supporting youth leadership in their
supporting youth leadership in their rural communities Audience survey
Audience survey
Youth/Young Adults:
Youth/Young
Adults:
• How do you believe young peoples’ input could change how services are provided in
could change how services are provided in your community?
Adult/professionals:
• How do you believe youth leadership How do you believe youth leadership
involvement could benefit your agency or organization?
Benefits of Youth Leadership Involvement*
For the Organization
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the Organization
• Bring clarity to their mission
• Improve adult staff involvement
• Strengthen their commitment to the work
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• Better meet the needs of youth when they understand youth
• Enhance the commitment and energy of adults
• Embed youth involvement principles in the organization practices
• Generate increased creativityy
• Bring underrepresented groups in the organizational decision making *Matarese, M, , McGinnis L. , Mora M. (2005) Technical Assistance Partnership: Youth Involvement in Systems of Care
Benefits of Youth Leadership Involvement
Involvement*
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• Better understanding of the needs and issues of the youth population they serve
• Gain a different perspective of youth experiences with multisystem involvement
• Develop systems that are more creative and better meet the Develop systems that are more creative and better meet the
needs of children and families
• Know what works and does not work based on real‐world youth experience
*Matarese, M, , McGinnis L. , Mora M. (2005) Technical Assistance Partnership: Youth Involvement in Systems of Care
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What Northern Arizona says about the Benefits of Youth Leadership involvement
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Creates a new resource for organizations who want to broaden their knowledge/resource base
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“More connections”
Offers a youth perspective to resources or services an organization refers to or provides
to or provides Helps build a more sustainable workforce by reducing burn‐out
“We as providers can see the youth as people trying to navigate their way in a tough world, rather than just being a ‘difficult population to work with.’”
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Improves engagement or trust with youth they work with
Helps to reduce “agency stigma” What Northern Arizona says about the Benefits of Youth Leadership
Benefits of Youth Leadership Involvement
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• Shows us where good intentions fell short of effective outcomes
• Assists program developers design programs for youth that are desirable and suitable
• Helps to identify gaps or shortcomings in policy that were Helps to identify gaps or shortcomings in policy that were
written from an urban perspective
Youth Leadership in Action
Youth Leadership in Action
• Youth
Youth partnership in program design
partnership in program design
• Youth trainers for service providers and community stakeholders
community stakeholders
• Youth groups as a community resource • Youth driven Statewide Practice Protocol
Gain a youth’s perspective of youth l d hi d l
leadership development in their t i th i
community and how it affected them, their community and their peers