Generation Of Georgia And A Mentoring Program For The Advancement Of Vulnerable Youth

Have you ever wanted to visit a state with beautiful mountains and waterfalls? If so Georgia is a great state to visit,because its known for it’s beautiful Appalachian Mountains. It also has beautiful waterfalls on the mountains.

I am going to identify a problem for The Province Dayton, a student-housing apartment complex off campus. One problem the Province Dayton has is reaching to 100% occupancy constantly. The Province of Dayton has been open since Fall 2009, and until this past leasing season they have never reached a 100%. The Province only does individual liability leasing, which means they only lease by the bed space, for an example in a four-bedroom apartment, you would pay rent just for your one bedroom, and then your roommates would pay for theirs.

An estimated 9.2 million to 15.8 million children are considered "at-risk" in this country encompassing all ages from 13 to 19 years old. These youth are at-risk because they are at a crossroad: one leads to successful transition to adulthood, the other to dependency and negative long-term consequences. Youth typically considered or identified as at-risk are more likely to become pregnant, use drugs and/or alcohol, drop out of school, be unemployed, engage in violence and face an increased likelihood of a host of mental health problems, which in turn places them at high risk for entering the juvenile and criminal justice system.

In this day and age, the future of the world remains contingent on the success of youth. To expound further, the youth remains the beacon of tomorrow. As older generations age, millennials have begun to take their place. In particular, Sawyer Howitt currently stands as one of his generation's rising stars. To expound further, Sawyer Howitt remains an extremely busy young man from Portland, Oregon. Throughout his life, he has taken leadership roles at a young age. In addition, Sawyer Howitt remains part of an entrepreneurial family. In fact, his father remains the owner of Meriweather Group. Currently, Sawyer Howitt works as the project manager for the company.

One of the most pressing issues facing foster youth in America is employment following emancipation. Former foster youth face many challenges in becoming self-sufficient adults due to the lack of a support system that a traditional family would provide for their children. There is an insufficient safety net for a particularly vulnerable group and the statistics reflect poor care for this demographic. By age 24, roughly half of all former foster youth are unemployed; those who are employed earn a median income of $7,500 annually. In their first four years following their aging out of foster care, more than half will be homeless or in a shelter at some point; up to 70% will be “reliant on government assistance.”

For years there have been an excessive number of children in and out of the foster system. Quite a few children have succeeded; however, other children have not. A few children have looked to drugs, alcohol and violence to cope with what they have gone through and/or what they are currently going through. A number of those children ended up in a juvenile detention center or prison for breaking the law. Foster parents are desperately needed to help these children succeed in life and make it through this terrible time.

A boy named James was put in the foster system at the age of one, and from there on he was in and out of neglectful, abusive homes for 18 years (Simon). One of his most traumatic memories is when he was living with a racist foster father, and he bought a colored boy back to the house to play. Once the boy left, the foster father took James outside, put a dog collar around his neck, and cuffed his hand to a confederate flag in front of the dog house (Simon). With 640,000 children placed in the foster system each year, James’ story is just one of thousands (Simon). Another story is about a girl named Melissa, and how she survived the system for 20 years. During her time in the system, Melissa bounced back and forth between new placements and

Foster youth has long been thought of as an at-risk population, often failing the educational system. In her dissertation on foster youth and secondary education, Brenda Morton writes, “Foster children are an invisible population. Teachers and administrators often do not know that a student is in foster care” (p. 1). There are just under half a million foster youth currently residing in the United States, many will fail to graduate from high school, and only a few will graduate from college. California has the largest population of foster youth with approximately 56, 138 youth (Children’s Bureau, 2014). It is estimated that foster youth high school graduation rates are near the forty sixth percentile and college graduation rates are near two percent for former foster youth, making this at-risk population is in need of more support (Friends of Foster Families, 2014).

Every year, teenagers in foster care are “aging out” of the social system ill prepared for what lies ahead of them. Currently, there are about 400,000 foster youth in the U.S. and 13,461 (3.4 %) of these youth live in Arizona (The AFCARS report, 2012, p. 1 ). In 2012, it was estimated that 23,000 youth emancipated out of the foster system in the United States (The AFCARS report, 2012, p. 3). These foster youth are become legal adults with little or no family support. Overwhelmed by this life transition, they feel defeated and frightened by

The Boys & Girls Club of Kern County is a non-profit, established in 1996, dedicated to help young individuals in preparing for their futures. The chapter focuses on helping these individuals with character building, doing well in school, and becoming a responsible citizen within the community. This chapter provides services for “over 5,000 children daily at our 3 clubhouses and 49 campus based programs” (Kern County Boys & Girls Club, 2015). The goal of the organization is to make a positive influence on these children lives and their future. The Boys & Girls Club makes it easier for parents to focus on work by taking the responsibility for creating a safe and fun learning environment for these children. By doing so, children in unstable households receive a greater chance at a successful future. In 2013, the club served 2046 children at the Niles Clubhouse, where 87% of the members were on free or reduced lunch programs (Kern County Boys & Girls Club, 2015). This supports the foundation statement of the organization that the community needs to be involved in making programs that will result in a better future for all children. The organization’s partnership with PG&E to provide scholarships and summer internships is one of the most prevalent portrayals of the community working together to create better futures for the children of Kern County. The after school program is the most popular program the organization offers because

The article discusses a research which was performed in 1990 to 2011, that found between 11% to 36% of the youths that age out of the foster care become homeless during the transitional to adulthood. The analysis was based on data from the Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth, which was a ten-year study that used a sample of youth from Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois from 2002 to 2012. According to Dworsky and Courtney data collection reflected that transitioning out of foster care in the three Midwestern states, that the odds of becoming homeless by age of nineteen years of age were higher, those who had ran away from a foster care placement, those who was placed in group home settleing, those who had been physically

On April 12, 2017, the Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies in UCI presented an inspirational lecture that was led by Sarah Haley. Haley, who is a passionate writer, wrote an inspirational book. Through her book, No Mercy Here: Punishment and Making of Jim Crow Modernity recounted the harsh, brutal, and inhuman experiences black women faced in the 19th century. Her focus was the south part of Georgia because it was a gated city to get her inspiration. During the lecture, I noticed that Haley’s indignant tone of voice led me to think and feeling empathy, especially for black women. If I want to choose a word to define their courageous behavior, the word choice will be kind of difficult. I recognized

them back and also eliminate proper help they may need. Cost of college can also be a huge barrier or issue for foster youth. With the current rising cost of college many individuals rely on their parents or will receive financial aid or loans. A foster youth may not know these services are available or may not even have access to a computer. According to Cohn & Kelly, “Funding is also needed to provide free tuition or tuition waivers and coverage of living expenses for foster youth who cannot afford college tuition, housing, books, and any other necessary expenditures,” this can make a significant difference in the amount of foster youth who can earn a college degree.

I was 12 year old when I started playing basketball. My dream was to be similar to Michael Jordan. However, my GBL team has lost every game since I’ve started playing basketball. I was also playing with my older brother Jeremiah for the first time, but we were always fighting about whose better. I knew this season would bring us together. With a lot of hard work we finally won. It took me and my brother to work together to win.

than letting the materials go to waste, students learn to make them into something beautiful and functional. The program began only 17 years ago, but 26