Upcoming Events

Attend a Silver Lining Mentoring event! Whether you’re interested in becoming a mentor, looking to learn more about foster care, or working to improve your organization’s mentoring program, we have an event for you. Check back often!

Date	Event	Description
September 29, 2022	Mentoring Foster Youth: Clinical Support Options for Programs Serving Youth in Foster Care	Young people are experiencing mental health concerns at an increasing rate. Yet it’s neither feasible, nor necessarily appropriate, for every mentoring program to add clinically-trained staff. This course will present considerations and options for mentoring program staff or Technical Assistance providers to access clinically-informed professional guidance for informing match support conversations. Register today!
October 12, 2022 3pm ET	Fostering Progress: Institute Office Hours	*Fostering Progress* teaches best practices for mentoring youth in foster care and providing practical resources/tools in the field of youth mentoring. This interactive session will help guide participants through the process of determining what specific needs their organization has in terms of training and technical assistance. We will respond to your program’s questions and discuss the specific steps to apply for no cost technical assistance with Silver Lining Institute. RSVP here!
October 20, 2022 12pm ET	Advocating for Students Experiencing Homelessness in Massachusetts	This webinar is part of a series hosted by SchoolHouse Connection and its Policy Fellows for residents of targeted states who want to learn more about youth homelessness issues and convenient ways they can advocate for effective policy change, and get others in their community to do the same. Register now!

Date

Event

Description

September 29, 2022

Mentoring Foster Youth: Clinical Support Options for Programs Serving Youth in Foster Care

Young people are experiencing mental health concerns at an increasing rate. Yet it’s neither feasible, nor necessarily appropriate, for every mentoring program to add clinically-trained staff. This course will present considerations and options for mentoring program staff or Technical Assistance providers to access clinically-informed professional guidance for informing match support conversations.

October 12, 2022

3pm ET

Fostering Progress: Institute Office Hours

Fostering Progress teaches best practices for mentoring youth in foster care and providing practical resources/tools in the field of youth mentoring. This interactive session will help guide participants through the process of determining what specific needs their organization has in terms of training and technical assistance. We will respond to your program’s questions and discuss the specific steps to apply for no cost technical assistance with Silver Lining Institute.

RSVP here!

October 20, 2022
12pm ET

Advocating for Students Experiencing Homelessness in Massachusetts

This webinar is part of a series hosted by SchoolHouse Connection and its Policy Fellows for residents of targeted states who want to learn more about youth homelessness issues and convenient ways they can advocate for effective policy change, and get others in their community to do the same.