Advocacy Trainings and Technical Assistance

The Resilience Advocacy Project provides trainings for youth and family service providers, child care providers, social workers, advocates and other individuals who work with low-income families and youth. Trainings are designed to help youth workers understand the rights of low-income youth, and to use informal advocacy strategies to help youth access supportive resources.

Trainings cover a full range of issues that impact low-income children and youth, and are appropriate for individuals with little or no background in youth law or policy. Participants receive a comprehensive training guide, as well as concrete advocacy tools such as model agency letters, policy directives, and advocacy check-lists.

RAP Currently Offers The Following Trainings:

• Early Education and Child Care for Low-Income Families: This training provides an overview of basics of the NYC child care and early education system. This includes how it is structured, the various types of early education programs for low-income children, and how parents can access quality early education and child care for their children. The training also addresses the specific implications of the child care system for teen parents. 

• Teens and Public Benefits:  This training provides an overview of the implications of the Public Benefits program rules for minor applicants and recipients (youth under the age of 20). This includes a basic overview of the rules and structure of the Public Assistance, Food Stamps, Public health, and Child Care programs. The training also addresses the specific issues that minor applicants can have accessing services within those systems.

• Youth Employment and Workforce Development: This training provides an overview of the NYC youth employment and workforce development systems, and how they impact youth. This includes an overview of the structure of the workforce development system and how youth can access its services.

• Child Support for Low Income Families: This training provides an overview of the NYS child support system, as well as an in-depth introduction to the implications of child support rules for low-income families. 

Trainings are provided on-site at your orgnization for a fee of $200 per session. To arrange for an on-site training, please complete and return the Request Form to Trainings at info@resiliencelaw.org or fax (212-217-2001). 

Technical Assistance for Advocates and Service Providers

RAP provides free legal and advocacy assistance for lawyers, youth advocates, and youth service providers. We assist by helping to clarify legal issues, identify legal resources, jump-start or guide legal research efforts, and identify advocacy strategies.