SOS Children’s Village

LB Class XXVIITeam Prodomus

SOS Mission Statement Proposed initiatives Ad-Hoc Youth Accomplishments Seminar Impact Lessons Learned Community Impact / Sustainability Recommendations Popcorn time Questions

Agenda

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Mission Statement

To provide a nurturing environment that empowers children, youth, and families to achieve their potential.

SOS Children’s Family

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Team name reflects our passion, solidarity, and commitment on behalf of SOS.

Team grew into a family.

Prodomus = “for the home”

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1. Job Skill Seminars

2. Job Fair

SOS Children’s Villages Project Request“Moving forward, Moving up”

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1. Focus Group / Ad-Hoc Group2. Skill Seminars3. iChange Youth Conference: Change Your

World4. Shadowing Program / Mentor Matching5. Vocational Training6. Business Site Visits7. Community Advisory Board8. SOS Summit9. SOS Manual Resource Book / Project

Sustainability10. Directory of Community Resources

Prodomus Proposed Objectives

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Seminar Topics1. Decision Making Skills2. High-level Budgeting3. Rent to Buy4. Time Management/

procrastination5. Confidence/Assertiveness

Job Fairs6. Skill Set Improvement Priority7. Existing Job Fairs

Ad-Hoc Youth Committee (AHYC)

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IKEA Company Visit

Additional Resources Manual

Skill Seminars◦ Icebreaker / Teambuilding / Expressive Arts

Workshop◦ Playful Transformation: Make Your Life a

Masterpiece◦ Your Money Counts – Managing Your Money◦ Job Readiness

What Was Accomplished

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1. Icebreaker - Janet Erlick◦ Post-workshop feedback was very positive with nearly all

participants “agreed” or “strongly agreed” that the workshop was beneficial to them

2. Playful Transformations – Kristen Mackey◦ Using five creative powers (Vision, Attraction, Shed, Align, and

Express)◦ Created new conditions, got organized and manage stress

while enjoying the process of personal transformation3. Your Money Counts – Jackie Tufts

◦ Fundamentals of banking, how to save money and basic investment options.

4. Job Readiness – John Cook / Karla Dejean◦ Identify passions, interests and specific steps to accomplish

their dreams.

Impact of Seminars

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Adapting to Change: Lessons Learned

1. Resource Constraints• Time Constraints

2. Engagement of SOS Participants• After-Care Participation

3. Continuum of Care• Comprehensive series of seminars

4. Youth as Leaders• Active role in preparing, developing and hosting the workshops

5. Community Resources

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Directory of Resources SOS Manual Mentorship and Shadowing Program On-going Skills Training

Community Impact / Sustainability

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Recommendations1. SOS Volunteer Engagement with available resources

2. Annual After-Care Participant “Homecoming”

3. Establish a Planned Continuum of Care

4. Empower the SOS Youth

5. Establish SOS After Care Advisory Board

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LB Class XXVII Rocks!!!

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