What's New on the Shared Youth Vision Webpage!
This table indicates new information added to the Minnesota's Shared Youth Vision website. This page provides a chronological list of all current information, with the most recent on top. Items are removed as they are deemed obsolete.
| Date Posted | Description |
| 11/20/2008 | Added next Solutions Desk Conference Call: December 10 , 2008 at 1:30 PM Central. Agenda is forthcoming. |
| 11/7/2008 | Updated Minnesota's State Team Contacts (click here) |
| 10/22/2008 | Added the Transition Directory which provides descriptions of Federally-supported projects across multiple federal agencies whose work focuses on youth transition (click here). |
| University of MN Founders Free Tuition Program (click here) | |
| 10/13/2008 | Added web links for Minnesota's SYV Partners indicated on the Minnesota SYV home page, click here. |
| 10/8/2008 | Added under Item 6: Central Regional Career Website (click here). |
| 8/25/2008 | Added: Solutions Newsletter, August 2008 Issue (click here) . |
| 7/28/2008 | Added PowerPoint from the Workforce Innovations (WI) Pre-conference (click here). |
| 7/11/2008 | "Think Again: The Connection Between Education and True Independence" video and handouts featuring young people talking about the impact of dropping out of school. To access the video and webinar handouts, click here. |
| Added Workforce Innovations Conference Learning Lab presentation by Minnesota's SYV Team in New Orleans on July 16, 2008, click here. | |
| 7/10/2008 | Connected By 25: A Plan for Investing in Successful Futures for Foster Youth outlines five key strategies for supporting youth who were formerly in foster care and promoting successful transitions to adulthood. |
| 7/8/2008 | Best Practices: Manufacturing Camps under S.T.E.M.S. |
| 6/25/2008 | Follow-up from the SYV Mentor/Mentee Conference held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 6-7, 2008. |
| 6/3/2008 | National Association of Counties (NACo) issued a brief entitled Youth Aging Out of Foster Care: Identifying Strategies and Best Practices. |
| 4/17/2008 | Added Follow-up Summary on the MN Summit on Youth Development and Graduation - last item under Dropout Prevention and Graduation Initiatives. |
| 4/9/2008 | Best Practice for Project C3: Youth Resource Mapping Internships |
| 3/5/2008 | Links for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Initiatives and Manufacturing Camp for youth with disabilities. Moved other topics under STEM. |
| Updated Item 4 - MN's Implementation Plan:Youth Engagement Strategies - DHS Youth Leadership Councils. | |
| 2/8/2008 | CTAA Brief # 2 - Youth Employment and Transportation - Minnesota |
| 2/4/2008 | Training and Employment Notice (TEN 28-07), dated 1/31/2008 provides Federal Partnership activity information and available tools designed to implement SYV at the state and local level. |
| 12/21/2007 | Link to NCWD/Youth'sNegotiating the Curves Toward Employment: A Guide About Youth Involved in the Foster Care System |
| 11/7/2007 | Four Regional Career Information websites for the Northwest third of the state are now available. Regions include: Headwaters, North Central, Northwest, and West Central. |
| Toolkit for Front-Line Services to Youth has been developed by DOL as a multipurpose resource for case management focusing on disadvantaged, at-risk youth who have become disconnected from mainstream institutions and systems | |
| 10/9/2007 | Minnesota Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Resources website for VR Transition counselor school assignments and other transition resources. |
| Added MnCareers' Regional Supplements from ISEEK for the following Regions: Headwaters, Northeast, North Central, Northwest, Southwest and West Central. | |
| 10/4/2007 | Examples of Regional Career Information Websites include Southwest Minnesota Careers and The Northland Works. |
| 10/1/2007 | Added new best practice to Item 4: Southwest Minnesota |
| 9/18/2007 | Latest version of the American Careers - Minnesota Parent Edition is now available from MnSCU. |
| The U.S. Department of Labor has commissioned the development of Shared Youth Vision Self-Assessment Tools to help states and local areas identify key outcomes to measure their progress in meeting SYV goals. | |
| 8/14/2007 | The Power of You is an ongoing program which provides the cost of tuition and fees for two years or up to 72 credits through state and federal grants and private scholarships. For program eligibility and additional information see one these educational links: Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC), and Saint Paul College. |
| 8/9/2007 | Added a link to the CareerSafe Web-based Training Program, a workplace safety training program for youth that results in a nationally recognized certificate. |
| 7/24/2007 | Added "Shared Youth Vision Overview" brochure (click here). |
| Added link to the Minnesota Area Health Education Center (AHEC) website for information on healthcare careers in Rural Minnesota (click here). | |
| 7/13/2007 | Added Youth Corner, an interactive website to assist youth, families, and others to locate needed transition services (click here). |
| 7/2/2007 | Posted the revised Project C3 Brochure (click here). |
| 6/11/2007 | Added Pathways to Success -- Caring Careers, large PDF (click here) |
| 6/5/2007 | Revised the NGA Policy Academy on Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care - Implementation Plan (click here). |
| 5/31/2007 | Added link to the Governor's Council on Faith & Community Initiatives website (click here). |
| 4/12/2007 | Revised Item 5: Youth@Work Talking Safety to include curriculum from the training sessions held March 29-30, 2007 (click here). |
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