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Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps
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April 2017
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2017 Embracing the Legacy Honorees
Join us for Embracing the Legacy on June 9th, as we honor the following awardees who truly embrace the legacy of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and work tirelessly to better the lives of children and their families:
Bill Lyttle
President, Key Program, Inc.
Susan L. Taylor
Founder and CEO, National CARES Mentoring Movement
Editor-In-Chief Emeritus, Essence Magazine
Donato Tramuto
Chief Executive Officer, Tivity Health, Inc.
President and Founder, Health eVillages
Friday, June 9, 2017
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Columbia Point, Boston MA
5:30 PM Cocktail Reception, Dinner & Program to Follow
Board members John J. Boyle, III, James E. Geraghty, and Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy III are serving as co-chairs for the event.
Click here to learn more about the Honorees and Embracing the Legacy. For ticket information and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Dana Jussaume at 617.227.4183 or
[email protected].
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Announcing a New Partnership with the Child Welfare League of America
The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) and Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps are pleased to announce the launch of an exciting partnership to enhance each organization's impact in the field of reform efforts to better serve dual status youth.
As a result of this partnership, the following will be developed and provided to the field:
1. Publications that offer evidence-based strategies for child welfare leaders to use in pursuing dual status youth reform that account for the uniquely identified child welfare system concerns and challenges.
2. Workshops and webinars in topic areas of interest to child welfare professionals considering or already engaged in dual status youth reform.
3. Opportunities for on-site training and technical assistance that target the challenges associated with dual status youth reform from the child welfare perspective.
CWLA and RFK Children's Action Corps, through our RFK National Resource Center, are looking forward to this exciting partnership to ensure that child welfare and juvenile justice agencies and the communities they serve have expert support and guidance in the challenging work of reform efforts to better serve dual status youth.
To learn more about the RFK National Resource Center and their work with dual status youth, visit:
www.rfknrcjj.org
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Agency Awarded Funding
For a third year, the Charles H. Hall Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee is providing a grant of $5,000 to support the Western Massachusetts Transition Program (WMTP), based out of our EWT School.
The majority of WMTP youth reside in Hampden County and live in a variety of settings, including residential treatment, group homes, foster care or kinship care. These families experience poverty and risk factors well above statewide and national averages. WMTP offers a job skill building and placement program designed to build transition opportunities individualized to RFK Children's Action Corps youth needs at all stages of readiness.
The program impacts youth outcomes as well as strengthens professional development and delivery of transition services at all of our programs in Western Massachusetts. Along with providing a hands-on application for student learning in classrooms, transition activities will help students progress in numerous areas in anticipation of post-secondary independence, impacting outcomes in the areas of safety, use of community-based services and preparation for post-secondary education, in addition to building the work readiness skills of youth toward paid employment as young adults.
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Register Now for High Risk Youth Network's
Spring 2017 Speaker Series
HRYN Speaker Series Session 3: Young Men of Color
This four hour session is designed to get participants to engage in a deeper conversation about our young men of color. This session will examine the most common statistics of disparities but will also take a look at root causes not often addressed in training sessions. Topics will include fatherless sons, young men behind bars, the miseducation of young men of color and more.
HRYN Speaker Series Session 4: Young Women of Color
This session is designed to have participants engage in a deeper conversation about our women of color. This session will examine the most common issues and rising trends for young women and will also take a look at root causes not often addressed in these training sessions. Topics will include fatherless daughters, young women behind bars, positive female role models, healthy relationships and more.
Click here to register.
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FY16 Annual Report Now Available
Click here to read our inspiring stories of hope, as we thank all those who have supported our work throughout the year!
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Thank You!
We are incredibly grateful to the students at Newton Country Day School for their continued support and donations of Spring Baskets to the girls in our programs.
Also, because of the generosity of Lisa and John Plansky, the boys and girls in our care received these wonderful Easter treats.
On behalf of all our staff, families and children, we are thankful for such acts of kindness that help make the holidays special for our kids and let them know that people in their communities care.
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Kids Corner
Our Lancaster School hosted its annual Community Reading Day on April 26th. Thank you to all of our volunteers who read to the classes and shared with our kids the importance of reading in their daily lives.
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Save the Date!
Embracing the Legacy
June 9, 2017
JFK Presidential Library and Museum
Boston, MA
Fairway for Kids
June 26, 2017
Myopia Hunt Club
South Hamilton, MA
In Their Own Voices
September 8, 2017
North Shore Music Theatre
Beverly, MA
Ride for Kids
September 23, 2017
Foxboro, MA
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Every Child Deserves a Childhood
Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps is a private, non-profit licensed child welfare agency providing community-based services, education, foster care and adoption, residential treatment, and juvenile justice programming to individuals and families in crisis. Our programs are focused on helping children and adolescents deal with past hurts, develop self-esteem, and have a chance for a brighter future as contributing members of society. All that we do at RFK Children's Action Corps is based on the belief that every child deserves the chance to lead a happy, healthy, and productive life.
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