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Statewide Youth Services Training Courses
The Statewide Youth Services Training Project (YST) provides a comprehensive range of learning opportunities designed to strengthen staff skills, enhance service delivery, and support effective program development. Through targeted training and technical assistance, YST equips those working with youth with the tools and knowledge needed to help youth prepare for successful, self-sufficient futures.
The following target populations working with youth, can access YST supportive resources:
- Local District Social Services (LDSS) staff
- Voluntary authorized agency (VA) child welfare staff
- Caseworkers, supervisors and child care workers and OCFS or
- LDSS child welfare contracted services provider staff excluding administrative support or clerical staff
- Foster parents
- Youth Bureau staff
- OCFS Child Welfare and Community Services (CWCS), Division of Youth Development and Partnerships for Success (YDAPS), and the
Division of Juvenile Justice and Opportunities for Youth (DJJOY) staff - OCFS Licensed Runaway and Homeless Youth Shelter staff
Course List
- Adolescent Sexuality: Promoting Sexual Health and Sexual Responsibility
- Adult Connections and Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA)
- An Introduction to Regulating Emotions
- An Introduction to Trauma-Informed Healing Centered Engagement
- Boundaries: Setting Limits and Sharing Safely
- Building and Supporting Personal Safety Skills with Youth
- Bullying: Spot It, Stop It!
- Creating LifePaks with Youth
- Creating Youth Leaders
- Cultural Connections: An Introduction for Foster Parents
- Essential Communication Skills for Working with Youth
- Identifying and Supporting Survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) and Youth Trafficking - Part 1
- Identifying and Supporting Survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) and Youth Trafficking - Part 2
- LGBTQ+ Youth: Building Responsive and Respectful Care
- Milestones & Meaning: A Brief Introduction for Emerging LGBTQ+ Allies
- Motivating and Engaging Youth
- Networking and Mapping Resources
- Permanency Options for Youth
- Preparing Youth for Employment
- Preparing Youth for the College Experience
- Promoting Positive Youth Development and Well Being
- Promoting Resilience: Fostering Youth Empowerment
- Relational Strategies to Build Trust & Connection
- Street Smarts: Safety Skills for Youth
- Supporting Youth in Effective Money Management
- Talking Culture: An Introduction for Foster Parents
- Transition Plan: Helping Youth Plan for Their Future