2022-2023 Webinar Series *Updated*
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This blog post includes webinar materials and recordings for those who were unable to attend the live session. Please reach out if you have any questions or need assistance.
All Webinars and Materials can also be found here.
September 21, 2022 Webinar:
Project Education Impact Workgroup: An approach to state-level systems change for students in foster care and/or experiencing homelessness.
This session provides an overview of Project Education Impact (PEI) and its focus on strengthening the systems that serve students in foster care and/or experiencing homelessness. Attendees will gain an understanding of PEI’s vision, structure, and state level role. The presenters also shared about the work of PEI’s Post Secondary Sub Group and their recent efforts to elevate the voices of students and student support professionals to influence, inform, and create legislative priorities and drive systems change.
Presented by Fred Kingston, Director of Systems Change and Youth Engagement with Treehouse and Samie Iverson, Senior Manager, Education Strategy with Building Changes.
Download the Project Education Impact presentation
October 19, 2022 WPN Networking Session: Working together to facilitate a warm hand-off.
Download the WPN Networking Session presentation
Visit our events calendar for information on upcoming Regional Passport Group meetings.
November 9, 2022 WPN Webinar:
McKinney-Vento 101- Supports for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Whether you are brand new to working with the McKinney-Vento Act or just want to check your understanding, this interactive session is for you. Staff from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) will provide an overview of McKinney-Vento, including definitions, eligibility, provisions, educational resources, intersection with foster care, and connection to post-secondary education and opportunities for students who have experienced homelessness. Participants will have an opportunity to check their current knowledge, process scenarios that can be applied in their daily work, and dig into questions as time permits.
Presented by Vivian Rodgers Decker from OSPI
Download the McKinney-Vento 101 presentation
Watch the McKinney-Vento 101 presentation
Additional materials:
OSPI McKinney-Vento webpage and contact list
Videos:
A Solvable Problem: Preventing Youth Homelessness
College students affected by homelessness
December 7, 2022 WPN Webinar: Unaccompanied Homeless Youth
In Washington state, we have coalitions dedicated to youth and young adults with lived homelessness experience that advise different agencies regarding processes, projects, and policies. These groups tend to be a special space for lived experts, as they can build community with others that have experienced similar circumstances. This webinar will feature a representative from two groups: The Mockingbird Society and Office of Homeless Youth’s Youth Advisory Board (Y4Y). Come join us for this webinar to learn about some of the topics of conversation these groups have been focused on as well as how you can support them.
Download the Presentations:
The Mockingbird Society
The Y4Y Board
January 6, 2023: WPN Webinar: WPN Advocacy 101
YOU understand the reality of young people who have experienced homelessness and/or foster care and legislators want to hear from you! The legislative session starts on January 9, and we would love to include your voices in our advocacy efforts! Whether new to the legislative process or not, join us to learn more tangible ways you can get involved.
January 18, 2023 WPN Webinar: Foster Care Lived Experience Panel
The first WPN Webinar of 2023 is one you won’t want to miss. Join us on Wednesday, January 18 for Bringing Voices of Experience to the Table Part 2: People Who Have Experienced Foster Care.
Hear from representatives from The Mockingbird Society, Passion to Action (DCYF’s Youth Advisory Board), and Treehouse’s Collaborative Learning Lab (CoLLab) as they share information about what these groups are currently discussing and how you can support them.
Download the Presentations:
The Mockingbird Society
Passion to Action
Treehouse CoLLab
April 5, 2023: WPN Webinar: College Completion Coaching- Promising Practices
College Success Foundation (CSF) College Services provides one-on-one and small-group coaching to 2- and 4-year college students throughout Washington State. CSF coaches are training on the Fostering Success Coaching Model developed within the Seita Scholars Program, a campus support program for students from foster care at Western Michigan University. The coaching approach was informed by research conducted by Casey Family Programs that identified what supports students from foster care need to persist in college. In 2022, Research Triangle Institute (RTI) completed a 3-year study that tested the efficacy of this model. During this session, we will share highlights from the RTI Promising Practices study, and provide opportunities to provide feedback on the report.
June 7. 2023: WPN Webinar: Legislative Updates
oin members of the Passport Leadership Team Advising Structure Workgroup to learn about and discuss policy successes from the 2023 legislative session. We will also debrief the PLT engagement in advocacy this year and ask for input on how to move these conversations forward.
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