Career
AlabamaWorks!
AlabamaWorks! connects citizens across the state with local employment and training opportunities through its seven regional initiatives, each tailored to the unique needs and resources of their area. These regions feature dedicated career centers, providing accessible, personalized services to help you find employment, training, or career assistance.
In the fall of 2015, the Alabama Workforce Council undertook a statewide effort to understand the structure, function, organization and perceptions of the Alabama workforce system. The results showed that Alabama has numerous workforce-development organizations, but they could be more effective if organized under a unified brand.AlabamaWorks! stands for opportunity, innovation, accountability and inclusion with the vision of a better future for Alabama in which communities, business, and industry are supported in a collaborative process to build prosperity through the opportunity of meaningful work and a growing economy.
National Social Work Enrichment Program
NSEP is a non-profit organization that was founded in 2008 in McDonough, Georgia by Dr. M. Sebrena Jackson. As a practicing social worker for nearly 20 years, Dr. Jackson sought an opportunity to share with foster youth information about the profession that she loves.
NSEP partners with state departments of human resources, colleges and universities, and local social service agencies to offer youth rich learning experiences.
NSEP summer programs have been held on the campuses of Albany State University in Albany, Georgia, Alabama A & M University in Huntsville, Alabama, Alabama State University in Montgomery, AL, and the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
The organization has a three-fold purpose:
1. Service: To offer foster youth an opportunity to learn more about the field of social work as a college major and career choice;
2. Academics: To encourage foster youth to complete high school, enroll in college and complete their post-secondary education; and
3. Development: To assist foster youth in the development of life-skills, employment skills, and leadership skills that will help them to achieve their personal and professional goals.
Alabama Career Discovery Program
Montgomery County Public High School Seniors, this is a FREE resource just for you! “The goal of the program is to provide career direction to high school seniors, giving them the best possible opportunity to leave high school with a direction and a plan. This project is intended to prepare each student to identify a field of study in college or begin pursuing a job that would lead to a potential career.” This program offers career assessment, one-on-one coaching, and development/training. Sign up today to begin your journey!
Verizon Skill Forward - edX
Looking to learn a new skill for FREE this year? Through Verizon Skill Forward, you receive one (1) year of free access to edX ’s self-paced, expert-led online programs — strategically curated to align with in-demand roles and essential skills to prepare you to pursue a role at any company. Time to complete a certification varies by program, but some certifications can be earned in as little as a month. Through this program you can earn certificates from leading universities and organizations that could propel a career in the following areas: AI, Coding, Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, Leadership, and Project Management. Sign up today to begin learning and transform your life.
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But there is good news about normalcy and foster care that we want other youth and their adult caregivers to know about. It’s a new Federal law called the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (SFA). SFA requires states to implement “normalcy” requirements into their own state laws and regulations in an effort to better ensure permanency, positive development and overall well-being for those of us in foster care.
What is the Strengthening Families Act (SFA)?
Signed into law by President Obama in September 2014, the SFA is designed to promote the well-being and normalcy of youth in foster care. The law establishes the Reasonable and Prudent Parenting Standard (RPPS) to guide and give foster parents, caregivers, and group home providers more decision making authority about daily, age-appropriate activities for youth in their care.
What was Foster Care like before SFA?
But there is good news about normalcy and foster care that we want other youth and their adult caregivers to know about. It’s a new Federal law called the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (SFA). SFA requires states to implement “normalcy” requirements into their own state laws and regulations in an effort to better ensure permanency, positive development and overall well-being for those of us in foster care.
What does this mean for Youth?
But there is good news about normalcy and foster care that we want other youth and their adult caregivers to know about. It’s a new Federal law called the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (SFA). SFA requires states to implement “normalcy” requirements into their own state laws and regulations in an effort to better ensure permanency, positive development and overall well-being for those of us in foster care.
What this does not mean for Youth
But there is good news about normalcy and foster care that we want other youth and their adult caregivers to know about. It’s a new Federal law called the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (SFA). SFA requires states to implement “normalcy” requirements into their own state laws and regulations in an effort to better ensure permanency, positive development and overall well-being for those of us in foster care.
What does this mean for Foster Parents and Caregivers?
But there is good news about normalcy and foster care that we want other youth and their adult caregivers to know about. It’s a new Federal law called the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (SFA). SFA requires states to implement “normalcy” requirements into their own state laws and regulations in an effort to better ensure permanency, positive development and overall well-being for those of us in foster care.
What is Arizona doing to implement the SFA requirements?
But there is good news about normalcy and foster care that we want other youth and their adult caregivers to know about. It’s a new Federal law called the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (SFA). SFA requires states to implement “normalcy” requirements into their own state laws and regulations in an effort to better ensure permanency, positive development and overall well-being for those of us in foster care.
Tips for Youth, Foster Parents, Group Care Providers, Caregivers and Adult Allies.
But there is good news about normalcy and foster care that we want other youth and their adult caregivers to know about. It’s a new Federal law called the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (SFA). SFA requires states to implement “normalcy” requirements into their own state laws and regulations in an effort to better ensure permanency, positive development and overall well-being for those of us in foster care.
