TakingITGlobal: Inspire, Inform, Involve

NIGERIAN YOUTH FORUM (NYF)will serve as the lead State agency for the initiative. The department provides care to children who are victims of abuse or neglect, have developmental disabilities, are involved in the foster care system, or have been adjudicated dependent by the juvenile courts and...
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NIGERIAN YOUTH FORUM (NYF)will serve as the lead State agency for the initiative. The department provides care to children who are victims of abuse or neglect, have developmental disabilities, are involved in the foster care system, or have been adjudicated dependent by the juvenile courts and committed to the care and custody of the department. It also administers family support, adult protective service, child support enforcement, child care, and training and employment programs. As the State's largest human service agency, NYF is a focal point for the efforts of State agencies, legislators, and community agencies to better serve children, youth, and families, and the agency has played a major role in policy development.
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The NYF has piloted strategies for involving young people in program planning and policy development. The agency's Young Adult Program, for example, which is responsible for assisting youth in foster care in moving to independent living, developed six Youth Advisory Boards (one per Department of...
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The NYF has piloted strategies for involving young people in program planning and policy development. The agency's Young Adult Program, for example, which is responsible for assisting youth in foster care in moving to independent living, developed six Youth Advisory Boards (one per Department of Economic Security District) comprising young people. These boards meet monthly to discuss issues of concern, with meetings facilitated by the agency's Young Adult Program staff. The boards provide input on sound policy development related to foster care and independent living, assisted in the development of a statewide peer mentoring program for adolescents entering foster
NYF Initiative will focus on promoting a comprehensive and holistic youth development approach to facilitate sustained changes at both the State and community levels in the provision of services and opportunities to NIGERIAN'S young people. It is anticipated that this shift in philosophy will have a positive impact on both the quality of services delivered to young people and on the professionals who work with youth policy and services.
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The Organization (NYF) will provide training to Youth Development Council members; Task Force members; and other individuals, such as community leaders, State agency staff, and youth service providers; using the Child Welfare League of Nigerian Youth Development Curriculum.
The NYF...
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The Organization (NYF) will provide training to Youth Development Council members; Task Force members; and other individuals, such as community leaders, State agency staff, and youth service providers; using the Child Welfare League of Nigerian Youth Development Curriculum.
The NYF Project will build on existing efforts in Nigeria to integrate youth development principles into youth-related State and local policy and programming and to identify youth development outcomes. The project will support the adoption and implementation of a statewide youth development policy, provide training and technical assistance on youth development to State and local public and private youth-serving organizations, and further strengthen the involvement of young people in policy development and program planning.

NATIONAL HEADQUARTER
P.O BOX 55,IREE,
OSUN STATE,
NIGERIA.
TEL/FAX: 234-35-243065
EMAIL: NIGYOUFORUM@yahoo.com
URL: http://www.nigyouforum.org

Argentina Headquater
Mariana L. Ballestero
C. Pellegrini 481 - (1832) Lomas de Zamora
Provincia de Buenos Aires
República Argentina
mballestero@argentina.com
http://www.nigyouforum.org/argentina.html

United States
Fedrick Ferrell.
719 West Street,
Pittsburgh
Kansas.
fedrickfe@aol.com
http://www.nigyouforum.org/us.html


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