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Thank you for the work you are all doing to support youth, families, and staff. We are in awe of the swift changes implemented by teachers, district leaders, and expanded learning providers to continue to teach, feed, and care for the youth you serve.
We at Partnership for Children & Youth have been working with many of you to pivot so we can continue to support you during these new and difficult times. While some of our specific activities have shifted or been postponed due to these changes, we will maintain our roles as partner, community builder, convener, connector, and advocate. See below for some resources we''ve developed for you.
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"Shelter in Place" Resources for Educators
As California is under "shelter in place" orders and educators are grappling with how to continue to support young people from a distance, Partnership for Children & Youth is compiling resources to support our field.
Here you''ll find resources for distance learning, afterschool programs, affordable housing agencies, and social-emotional learning. We will continue to add to this list as more tools are created.
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Have a resource that should be included? Email support@partnerforchildren.org
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Listening & Resource Sharing Series for Affordable Housing Agencies
Our "Train the Trainer" series for nonprofit housing organizations shifted to a virtual gathering space once it became clear the effect the coronavirus and social isolation orders would have on these communities. We are using this space to check in on how the staff-who work to improve and expand on-site afterschool programs-are doing individually, how their communities and agencies are doing, what challenges they are now facing, and how Partnership for Children & Youth can support them. Staff working in public and affordable housing face unique challenges during this time, and we are grateful we can play a role in helping them navigate their own wellness and that of the young people they support.
Moving forward, this will be a listening and resource-sharing series focused on food access, youth and family engagement and support, data collection, and other immediate needs that arise in times of uncertainty. We aim to share this approach and the resources identified with more housing agencies across the state and nation.
The next listening session of this series will take place on Wednesday, April 1, 9:30-11am. If you would like to participate, please RSVP using this Google Form.
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Ensuring Afterschool Programs
Stay Intact for the Future
In collaboration with our partners in the California Afterschool Advocacy Alliance (CA3), we are collecting questions and concerns from afterschool providers across the state to streamline communication with the California Department of Education. Along with school closures have come afterschool closures, creating even more challenging situations for families and program staff. Some guidance has been released by the California Department of Education, but many details are still being worked out. We are carefully tracking relevant information so the afterschool field remains informed. We are also advocating for policies and guidance that ensure our programs can remain whole and re-start as efficiently as possible when the time comes.
We are pleased to report that last week, the California State Legislature passed SB 117 to ensure local education agencies continue to receive funding without attendance requirements. The bill also ensures that After School Education and Safety (ASES) funding still goes out.
On behalf of our CA3 partners, we sent a letter to all California Members of Congress to encourage them to explicitly include nonprofits in their COVID-19 Relief and Economic Stimulus Package.
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Shop & Give with Amazon Smile
We''re all looking for ways to help right now, but it can be hard to do. Now you can help Partnership for Children & Youth when you shop with our Amazon Smile link. It''s just like shopping on Amazon regularly, but they donate a percentage of your purchase to us. Really, it''s that easy.
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Getting Kids Fed While School is Out
Jennifer Peck, President and CEO of Partnership for Children & Youth wrote a timely blog post for the National Association of School Superintendents about the role public and affordable housing agencies could play in getting meals to kids during school closures.
"Many of our most vulnerable kids live in subsidized housing environments and likely rely on school meals. As we compel everyone to stay put for personal and public health reasons, it only makes sense that housing agencies serve meals to kids where they are, so that transport to school or other sites is less necessary, and to avoid dangers of community spread of the coronavirus. Partnership for Children and Youth wrote a brief last year on the role of housing agencies and the federal meal programs, and this opportunity has become more important than we ever imagined."
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