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IF YOU NEED SERVICES OR ASSISTANCE CLICK ON "RESOURCES" AND FIND THE HELP YOU NEED OR CONTACT US AT THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER466-5404 - fax 466-5343PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING TO OUR OPERATIONS BY CLICKING IN THE DONATIONS BUTTON TO THE LEFT - THANKS =CHECK OUR PROGRAMS CLICK HERE Our MissionProvide those in need with services, identify gaps in services, provide a physical location to support coordinated delivery of services by multiple agencies, and collaborate with other agencies to develop or advocate for new services. LINK PROFILEThe LINK was created as a project of the Atascadero Youth Task Force (AYTF) in 1998. The LINK was created as an action arm to identify services, assist youth and families to connect with needed services and to develop services to support families. The LINK has expanded into a Family Resource Center, including Family Advocates to work with the schools and families connecting them with needed support, addressing problems associated with parenting, school and health. The LINK has grown to the point where it has assumed an independent role as a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization providing needed services to the community. CURRENT PROGRAMS Family
Resource Center
S.A.F.E. System of Care FAMILY
RESOURCE CENTER/FAMILY ADVOCATES
The heart of the LINK is the S.A.F.E.
(COMMUNITY BASED/INTENSIVE TEAM)
The family advocate may with the cooperation of the family take them to a
Service Affirming Family Empowerment (S.A.F.E.) team meeting. This team either
at an intensive level (IT) (the family is endanger of the children being
removed) or a community based level (CBT) meet with the family and confirm the
strengths and needs of the family to develop a plan to mitigate the issues
facing that family. The Family Advocate serves as a case coordinator and follows
up with the family and the team members to insure the components of the plan are
carried forward. They serve as the point of contact for the program and provide
a trusted resource for the family. TRANSITIONS
TRAINING PROGRAM
The program addresses
workability of young people facing the barriers
created by poverty, lack of skills and understanding of the rules that
will make them successful. The target group would be youth in school,
in grades 9, 10 & 11 who are potential drop-outs because of
academic failure, pregnancy, a physical or
learning disability, juvenile offenses, being in
foster care and/or home environment. The purpose of the program would be
to develop work ethic and employability skills in youth who come from
generational families of poverty. We have commonly treated the symptom of school
failures, absenteeism and dropouts, but not addressed the causes
Youth assigned community service by the courts, probation, and schools
are assisted in locating and performing the required service. Many community
service opportunities are one time events and require the ability to centralize
a calendar for referral of youth. The program matches youth with these
opportunities and monitors their progress, reporting to the ordering party. A
file is developed and each youth is assessed on entry to include an Asset
Inventory, an availability profile, an interest profile and a contract. Upon
completion an asset inventory is again accomplished to see if the youth has
gained in their personal growth. SERVICE
ACCOMODATION
The LINK provides a location for other agencies to deliver their services
to the community. This is particularly true of agencies based in
FISCAL
SERVICES AND SUPPORT (AYTF/CCY/ACC) We provide administrative support including agenda preparation and distribution and fiscal services for the Atascadero Youth Task Force and the Atascadero Community Coalition. We are also an integral partner in those organizations and their efforts. In addition we provide fiscal support for the Cambria Coalition for Youth. ASSET
DEVELOPMENT In partnership with the Asset Development Network we conduct community outreach to enhance the asset development of youth using the 40 Developmental Asset Philosophy as a base.. This effort includes the conduct of Asset Development classes conducted by volunteers for our community service program. Youth can gain community service hours by attending these twice monthly classes. PARENT
EDUCATION: We provide parenting classes in Positive Discipline and Parent Project for parents in the community at low cost or no cost including appropriate classroom books. In addition, we maintain the county wide directory to parenting classes in the county and provide the centralized referral number for parent resources and classes. www.parentassets.org RESOURCE
GUIDE We compile and confirm the resources available to the community into a resource guide. This guide is then published and distributed in English (19,000 copies) and Spanish (2500 copies) throughout the community. The guide includes numbers for Health Care Resource, Services for Pregnant Women, Hospitals/Clinics, Dental, Public Health, Community Health Resource/Support Groups, Home Care Services, Mental Health, Drug/Alcohol Services, Food/Nutrition, General Assistance, Housing, Legal/Immigration, Libraries, Employment, Latino Resources, Business Community Resources, Atascadero City Administration, Youth, Transportation, Senior Services, Schools and Emergency Services. THANK YOU FOR VISITING
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