Resources

Upcoming Events

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Trainings

2025

1.15.2025 | Workplace Success Strategies for LGBTQ+ Youth
4.30.2025 | Know Your Rights: Supporting Undocumented Individuals
5.7.2025 | Understanding TAY Mental Health and De-Escalation Strategies

You may access trainings from previous years below.

2024

11.13.2024 | It’s Okay to Not Be Okay
09.26.2024 | Sheltering Hope: Highlighting Providers Serving TAY in Los Angeles County
09.17.2024 | Suicide Prevention: The Question, Persuade, Refer Model
05.14.2024 | Joy and Wellness Training FAQ
04.09.2024 | Undocumented Youth Training FAQ
03.07.2024 | Creating a Trauma-Informed, Equity-Based, and Healing Centered Workplace
01.30.2024 | De-Escalation Training FAQ

2023

10.24.2023 | Transition Age Youth & Substance Use: What Providers Need to Know
10.18.2023 | Self-Care for Individuals & TAY Workers
10.11.2023 | Suicide Prevention: The Question, Persuade, Refer Model
09.19.2023 | Financial Literacy & TAY
08.29.2023 | Navigating TAY Housing
06.13.2023 | Helping LGBTQ+ Youth Navigate the Working World
04.13.2023 | Supporting CSEC Youth with Career & Educational Goals
02.28.2023 | Educating Youth & Beyond: LAUSD Supportive Services
01.31.2023 | Fentanyl 101: Understanding & Recognizing the Dangers
01.18.2023 | Understanding TAY Mental Health and De-Escalation Strategies

2022

Supplemental Trainings for Workforce Providers
11.02.2022 | Suicide Prevention: The Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Model
10.20.2022 | Psychological First Aid (PFA)
10.11.2022 | Self-Care for Individuals and Transition Age Youth Workers
10.05.2022 | Digging Deeper: Understanding TAY and Strategies for De-escalation
09.29.2022 | OYC LAP3 Quarterly Meeting: LAHSA Services for Transition Aged Youth
09.20.2022 | Having Meaningful Conversations About School Shootings
09.14.2022 | Healing Centered Engagement FAQ
07.21.2022 | A Youth Perspective on Structural Racism
06.30.2022 | Sharing Power and Authentically Engaging Young People
06.07.2022 | OYC LAP3 Quarterly Meeting: Understanding Critical Race Theory
05.12.2022 | It’s Ok Not to Be Ok: Accessing Youth Mental Health Services
04.28.2022 | Working with CSEC Youth
03.15.2022 | Paid Job Training for Foster Youth with IEPs or 504 Plans
03.09.2022 | Substance Use Disorders in Youth
02.10.2022 | LA DCFS 101: What You Need to Know to Serve and Engage Foster Youth
01.26.2022 | Understanding Ways to Serve and Engage LGBTQ+ Youth

2021

12.02.2021 | Youth Speak Out – Intro to Critical Race Theory
11.10.2021 | Supporting Children, Youth and Ourselves with Crisis and Loss During COVID 19
10.13.2021 | Providing Quality Service to Immigrant Clients
09.30.2021 | Understanding the Basics of Motivational Interviewing
09.22.2021 | OYC LAP3 Quarterly: Promoting Equitable Employment for Foster Youth
08.11.2021 | Self-Care for Individuals and Caregivers
08.04.2021 | Caring for Yourself While Caring for Others: Individual and Organizational
07.29.2021 | Workforce Leadership Training: Explore Ways to Coach and Retain Staff
07.28.2021 | Moving from Trauma Informed Care to Healing Centered Engagement
07.21.2021 | Trauma Informed Care: What it is and How to Integrate it Into Your Practice
05.27.2021 | Understanding Better Ways to Serve CSEC
04.08.2021 | DMH Youth Services 101
03.18.2021 | OYC LAP3 Quarterly Meeting: Financial Resources for Youth
02.23.2021 | Understanding Youth Substance Use Disorders
02.04.2021 | Partnering with Local Mental Health Providers Webinar
02.04.2021 | Partnering with Local Mental Health Providers to Support Foster Youth in College

2020

12.10.2020 | OYC LAP3 Quarterly Meeting: LAHSA Services for TAY
11.19.2020 | Jobs for TAY – Workforce 101
11.17.2020 | Working with Expectant and Parenting Youth
09.17.2020 | DCFS 101 Best Practices in Working with Foster Youth
JBAY Education Course 1 Materials (Grades 6-10)
JBAY Education Course 2 Materials (Grades 11-12)

For Youth and Caregivers

Access Points

Youth Fact Sheets and Resources

Below is a list of locations where young people can access resources directly in the community.

Coordinated Entry System Access Points

Substance Use Disorder Locations

Mental Health Services Access Points

TAY Drop In Centers

LA County Office of Child Protection – 2022 Foster Youth Benefit and Entitlement Charts

OYC – COVID Vaccine FAQs

OYC – Vital Documents and Records

Independent Living Program (ILP) online

Housing resources – Independent Living Program online

Transitional Housing Placement Program-NMD

Supervised Independent Living Placement (SILP) FAQ

Electronic Benefits Finder

Ongoing Youth Supports

Alliance for Children’s Rights

DCFS – Individualized Transition Skills Program (ITSP)

CASA of Los Angeles

Reproductive Health Equity Project (RHEP)

LA County Office of Education – Foster Youth Services

Foster Youth at Work Resources

Improving Equitable Employment Outcomes for Transition-Age Foster Youth in L.A. County: Streamlining Access to Career Development Services (May 2021)

Executive Summary | Case Study

LA OYC 2021 Youth Career Guide
- Youth Career Guide (English | Spanish)
- Caregiver Companion Guide (English | Spanish)
Universal Referral Form
Youth@Work Flyers
Vital Documents for Foster Youth

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