April 2015
Announcements from SAFF
NEW GRANT AND NEW PROJECT!
SAFF is honored and excited to announce it has received a special grant from a Chicago foundation for SAFF to create a new component to our Academic Tutoring Program. The new project is FINANCIAL LITERACY COACHING AND TUTORING. SAFF will be partnering with financial institutions and businesses in Reno along with various departments at UNR.
The project will consist of 2 parts.... short videos posted on a special web site for high school youth in foster care preparing to exit the system... along with one-to-one mentoring/tutoring by UNR students as the foster youth prepare to exit and for 6-12 months after foster care.
The project will consist of 2 parts.... short videos posted on a special web site for high school youth in foster care preparing to exit the system... along with one-to-one mentoring/tutoring by UNR students as the foster youth prepare to exit and for 6-12 months after foster care.
Subjects will include: Preventing identity theft after a youth exits foster care, credit card management and interest rates, private versus government student loans, FAFSA forms for financial aid, how to write a college or trade school application and scholarship essay, avoiding predatory check cashing shops, how to get a birth certificate, passport and any additional necessary identification, choosing the right care insurance contract, preventing and/or managing debt, and other important subjects.
The assigned mentors/tutors will continue working with the high school youth for a period of 6-12 months after they exit the foster care system.
SAFF's Executive Director Joseph Galata has been invited by Charles Schwab Financial Institution to attend a 40 hour certificate program on Financial Literacy Coaching just for this exciting new SAFF project!
The assigned mentors/tutors will continue working with the high school youth for a period of 6-12 months after they exit the foster care system.
SAFF's Executive Director Joseph Galata has been invited by Charles Schwab Financial Institution to attend a 40 hour certificate program on Financial Literacy Coaching just for this exciting new SAFF project!
ACADEMIC TUTORING
We are receiving a multitude of referrals from the excellent social workers at Washoe County Social Services for foster care youths needing special assistance with their school progress. The school term is about to end and we know that there are youths with special needs who require tutoring during the 2 month summer break. SAFF has found it necessary to hire 3 more UNR students for tutoring so our roster of tutors continues to grow!
Also, we are awaiting final statistics, but we are confident from all reports that MANY MANY of Washoe County's high school youth in foster care are GOING TO BE GRADUATING IN JUNE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If this isn't exciting, we don't know what is!!! Kuddos to the students, their social workers, their foster parents and to any SAFF tutors helping!!!
If this isn't exciting, we don't know what is!!! Kuddos to the students, their social workers, their foster parents and to any SAFF tutors helping!!!
SPECIAL THANKS TO 2 WONDERFUL WOMEN 4...
Starr Harvey Nixdorf of Carson City's Paradise Salon and Wellness Spaheld a fundraiser for SAFF at World Dance Open Floor at Comma Coffee, and Tiffanie Story of Tiffanie Story Vocal Studio held the annual Christmas concert as a fundraiser for SAFF.
SAFF was informed that an elementary school child in foster care - he/she has a most wonderful social worker - had been participating in horse assisted therapy with Nevada |
Equine Assisted Therapy in Reno, but sadly, the youth was no longer able to participate due to financial reasons. That child sure does love the horses and we are sure the horses him/her. So.. portions of the 2 fundraisers will be used to pay for his/her horse assisted therapy for another month.
THANK YOU TIFFANIE AND STARR! And thank you to all of your singers and dancers at the fundraisers.. artists sure know how to beautify the world for kids!!!!!! |
EXCITING YOUTH PROJECT
We all know that bullying and violence in the schools is now a nationwide epidemic... how many of your youth in foster care are subjected to bullying?????
With that said... SAFF is excited to partner with American Matters Media, Lotus Radio,Good Luck Macbeth Theatre, and other businesses to produce a Northern Nevada/Northern California Saturday morning LIVE radio broadcast with teens about school bullying and violence..
The series.. broadcasting live on Saturday's at 8:00 am on radio stations 1180 AM KCJQ and KRNG-FM 101.3 Renegade Radio..... May 2, 9, 16, 30 .. is SPOTLIGHT YOUTH RADIO THEATRE
With that said... SAFF is excited to partner with American Matters Media, Lotus Radio,Good Luck Macbeth Theatre, and other businesses to produce a Northern Nevada/Northern California Saturday morning LIVE radio broadcast with teens about school bullying and violence..
The series.. broadcasting live on Saturday's at 8:00 am on radio stations 1180 AM KCJQ and KRNG-FM 101.3 Renegade Radio..... May 2, 9, 16, 30 .. is SPOTLIGHT YOUTH RADIO THEATRE
SAFF's Executive Director will host each 30 minute production featuring teens who will discuss school bullying and also perform excerpts from the acclaimed theatrical production "IN OUR OWN BACKYARD" written by playwright Rachel Lopez who is also an assistant teacher of drama at a Reno high school.
Kuddos to Rachel and the 14 teens who care about this important subject afflicting our youths, including our foster care youths.
We hope you will join us for the premiere series beginning Saturday morning May 2 at 8 am.
Kuddos to Rachel and the 14 teens who care about this important subject afflicting our youths, including our foster care youths.
We hope you will join us for the premiere series beginning Saturday morning May 2 at 8 am.
AmazonSmile Foundation
Sierra Association Of Foster Families will be receiving a $10.00 donation from the AmazonSmile Foundation as a result of AmazonSmile program activity between April 1 and June 30, 2014.
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Reminder!
If you need to reach Joseph.. email him at [email protected]... your message will go to his phone.. political campaign season is here.. and Joseph can't do his work and take care of his own family when political robo calls are non-stop!
