1. Youth investment center
Presented by: Rebecca Joyner, Project Manager
Administered by CaliforniaVolunteers and sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service.

2. Welcome Introduction Icebreaker YIC Refresher YIC Data
Supervising AmeriCorps Members
Enrollment

3. Population YIC Serves Foster Youth ages 12 to 20 who:
Youth in or aging out of foster care
have no support;
have had multiple foster placements;
are placed in kinship care;
Are placed in guardianship with non-family members;
Have experienced prior Child Welfare involvement;
Are homeless or have run away from home;
are pregnant or parenting;
and/or are experiencing school behavior problems, multiple unexcused absences, and at risk

4. Activities Life Skills Mentoring (52 Hours)
Assessments
CLSA Activities
Financial Literacy Lessons (7 Hours)
Money Matters
CLSA
Academic Assistance
Transition Planning

5. Performance Measures
Output
Outcome

6. YIC Performance measures: Outputs
500 FY will receive 25 hours or less of life skills mentoring
250 FY/mentor matches will commence and youth will receive 26+ hours of Life Skills Mentoring, over the span of months.

7. 175 FY/Mentor matches sustained and youth receive 52+ hrs of Life skills Training
85 FY mentored 7+ hours in financial literacy activities

8. YIC Performance measures: Outcomes
165 of 250 FY who receive 26+ hours of life skills mentoring will demonstrate improved academic engagement.
115 of 175 foster youth who receive 52+ hours of life skills mentoring will demonstrate competency in three or more CLSA domains.

9. Financial Literacy
70 of 85 foster youth who receive 7+ hours of financial literacy services will demonstrate improved financial knowledge.

10. Attendance & graduation
100 of 175 foster youth who receive 26+ hours of life skills mentoring will demonstrate improved academic engagement as shown by increased attendance.
70 of 115 foster youth who receive 52+ hours of life skills mentoring will graduate from high school with a diploma.

11. YIC Volunteer Recruitment Output
400 Volunteers will contribute 3,050+ hours to support foster youth.
150 Ongoing volunteer and 250 one time volunteers will be recruited
75 mentor-mentee relationships will be sustained for 4 hours per month for 6 months.

12. Yic data tools
MSAF
YIC Data Tool
Data Due Dates

17. YIC: Member responsibilities
Required AmeriCorps trainings
Data submission
Youth Mentors:
Case management
Life Skills lessons/activities
Financial literacy
Volunteer Coordinators:

18. YIC member data Monthly Service Activity Form Success Stories
YIC Data Tool
High Needs Assessment
CLSA
Money Matters
Youth tracker
Attendance & Graduation

19. Supervising YIC Americorps members
Site specific training
Professional Development
Hours management
CAPC Trainings
Keeping an open door policy
Progressive Discipline
YIC Partner Meeting/Webinars

20. Supervisor Responsibilities
Recruitment
Approving timesheets
Supervision: once per/week
Review member data
Member & Site Schedule
Evaluations
Communication w/CAPC
Participate in Partner meetings/calls

21. Supervisor Responsibilities
Initial Assessment Evaluation
Supervisor completes within first 30 days of service
Obtains baseline of members’ skills upon enrollment
Observe member in service setting
Midterm Performance Evaluation
Member self-evaluates & completes
Supervisor evaluates performance & provides skills rating
Review together, both sign and date.
Send original to YIC Project Manager. Mail or drop-off.
Final Performance Evaluation
Must be completed within the last 30 days of term
Same process as midterm evaluation

22. Timesheets
Site Supervisors are responsible for reviewing members’ timesheets and checking for accuracy.
Inaccurate timesheets must be rejected. This allows the member to correct and re-submit for approval.
Site Supervisor must approve timesheet by due date or else living allowance check will be mailed late to member.

23. Communication
Personalitylingo.com
Free Personality test

24. Connector

25. Planner

26. Thinker

27. Mover

28. You as a supervisor Communication Styles Why is it important?
How does this impact your supervision with your member?

29. Recognizing members Crystal Burns, Sacramento CASA Agency Involvement
Member Check Ins
During Supervision

30. Member-member mentoring
In each member will be paired with a fellow YIC AmeriCorps member. They will be required to check in at least once a month with one another and will also check in with YIC Project Manager.

31. 2016-2017 Served 853 youth to date 281 youth have been pre-assessed
98 youth have shown improvement
Over 500 youth have started financial literacy lessons

32. Member retention and engagement
retention at the moment is 76% compared to ’s 86%.

33. Member retention and engagement
What do we do about retention?

34. Enrollment updates
No Separate Enrollment Workshop and Orientation!!
New forms!
Member must have signed Criminal History & Certification Form prior to be fingerprinted.
Member must bring application, 2 reference letters and member contract reviewed with site supervisor and initialed in order to enroll.

35. New Application

36. Enrollment Notification Form

37. Criminal History & Certification

38. 2017-2018 Enrollment Procedure
Applicant completes application and 2 reference letters
Applicant interviewed and selected
Applicant will sign off on Criminal History & Certification Form
Site Supervisor & Applicant will complete Enrollment Notification Form
Applicant can go to fingerprinting (cannot go before signing ENF and CH&CF)
Site Supervisor will gather all documents needed for pre- enrollment (Eligibility doc, State issued Photo ID, ENF, CH&CF)
Enrollment Procedure

39. 2017-2018 Enrollment Procedure continued
Site Supervisor will to CAPC all pre-enrollment documents
When cleared, CAPC will notify site supervisor of applicant clearance, and schedule Pre-Service Orientation for applicant
Member contract will be sent to Applicant and Site Supervisor for review. Site supervisor must initial first page of contract.
Applicant will attend PSO on first day of term (start of pay period). Applicant will bring application & reference letters, reviewed member contract w/ supervisor’s initials. Applicant will sign member contract at PSO.
Member will report to service site after attending PSO
Enrollment Procedure continued

40. Questions????