The document announces an Ohio Youth Advisory Board meeting to take place on April 20, 2017 at the Quest Conference Center in Columbus, Ohio. The meeting will discuss recruiting and retaining foster parents for teens, as group homes are closing and more foster care is being extended to age 21. It provides information about the board president speaking in Reno, Nevada, as well as the board's advocacy efforts in Washington D.C. around fostering stable housing opportunities. The document also lists upcoming events for the board and opportunities for youth involvement.

1. Ohio Youth Advisory Board
Thursday, April 20, 2017,
Quest Conference Center, 8405 Pulsar Place,
Columbus, OH 43240

2. • We exist to be the knowledgeable statewide
voice that influences policies and practices
that effect all youth who have or will
experience out of home care.
OHIO YAB Mission

3. Your Opportunity to Get Involved
OHIO YAB Officer-in-Training Application

4. Follow-up Officers Retreat in Dayton,
because ice storms can’t outlast advocacy

5. One of our 2017 OHIO YAB Priority Areas:
Recruiting and Retaining
Foster Parents and Host Homes for Teens
- Group homes closing down
- Foster care extended to 21
- Not enough foster parents
willing to take teens
Explore ways to recruit and
retain foster parents and host
homes - and make sure that
teens, foster parents and
caseworkers each know what’s
expected of them

6. OHIO YAB President, Stephfon Kennedy:
Speaking in Reno, Nevada

7. Three Days on the Hill 2017:
Fostering Stable Housing
Opportunities Act

8. Three Days on the Hill 2017:
Meeting at HUD Headquarters

9. Three Days on the Hill 2017:
Major turnout at HUD Headquarters

10. Three Days on the Hill 2017:
Legislative Champions on the Hill

12. Three Days on the Hill 2017:
Celebration Dinner,
sponsored by Casey Family Programs

13. April 2017 Press Release:
Fostering Stable Housing
Opportunities Act

14. Brainstorming Topics
1. Thank you letters to
Governor Kasich
2. Ohio Reach messaging
for high schools
3. BRIDGES Program
(foster care supports
until age 21)
4. Draft youth resource
guide

15. New and Good

16. Upcoming Events and
Opportunities
Next OHIO YAB Statewide Quarterly Meeting:
• July 20, 2017
Purple Project Conference
• June 15 – 16, 2017
Fostering Pathways to Success Conference
• Oct. 12, 2017
• Second floor available for OHIO YAB youth
activities during the afternoon