1. Georgia Independent Living Program For Foster Children
2. Georgia Independent Living Program Foster Care
3. Georgia Independent Living Program Coordinators
4. Georgia Independent Living Program Foster Career

Leadership

Georgia Resilient, Youth-Centered, Stable, and Empowered (GA RYSE) Program is Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services Independent Living Program for youth who eligible and age and developmentally appropriate youth preparing and transitioning into a stable adulthood. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (Foster Care Independence Act of 1999) P.L. 106-169 as incorporated in the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C § 677 and amended in 45. Review and approve the updated WTLP in Georgia SHINES. The Independent Living Specialist (ILS) will: 1. Conduct an “ILS Checkpoint” meeting with the youth at.

Department of Family and Children's Services Independent Living Program. Contact Information. Executive Director: Millicent Houston. Services: ILP services are available for those young adults between 18 and 25 who are aging out of foster care but continue to need basic support. Services are purchased, contracted, and/or directly. This final report provides the results of our review of Georgia's Independent Living Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 1996. The objective of our review was to determine if youth were successfully transitioning from foster care to independent adult living when they became ineligible for foster care maintenance payments at the age of 18. The Untapped Potential independent living program serves 18-21-year-old youth, in the Georgia state foster care system. The Independent Living program (Transitional Living) provides services for youth who have aged out of foster care, ages 18 to 21. Services are provided in off-campus apartments 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The program aims to help those in foster care transition to independent living after turning 18. Courtesy photo. Georgia program helps transition from foster care to independence.

President: Maurice J. Gilliard

Vice President: Raekwon Williams

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Maurice Gilliard, GA Chapter President

Maurice Gilliard is an Army Veteran – turned –advocate for Foster Youth and champion for his mother and wife’s story. Amsi property management software.

As an Army Officer and former Black Hawk helicopter pilot, Maurice was responsible for direction, accountability and leadership of both personnel and equipment. Maurice’s organizational leadership skills and management have proven results in the
office and on the battlefield. Supervisors and peers have spoken of Maurice to have an uncanny ability to bring a group of individuals together and mold them into a
cohesive and motivated team, regardless of the tasks at hand. Maurice is the President of the Georgia chapter for the Foster Care Alumni of America (FCAA). He is in pursuit of a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) through Syracuse University, NY, and has achieved a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Austin Peay State University. Maurice is President and Co-Founder of Gilliard and Company, NPO, focused on providing services and assistance to Foster Youth in and out of Care. Maurice’s passion is working with teens and adults who have been affected by the foster care system. Maurice has first-hand seen, through his
wife and mother’s life, the magnitude of building a purposeful and thriving life with an element that he truly believes is the glue to permanency and resiliency: companionship. Maurice’s compass quote in life is “if my mind can conceive it and my heart can believe it than I
can achieve it” – Muhammed Ali.

Raekwon Williams, GA Chapter Vice President

Board Members

Ebony Harris

Ebony Harris is Director of Residential programs at The United Methodist Children’s Home. Ebony has spent most of her career advocating and developing systemic programming for transition-age foster youth. Ebony previously served as State Independent Living Program Director for Georgia’s Department of Human Services Division of Family & Children Services from 2007 – 2012 and has over 15 years of child welfare field experience in the areas of independent living, foster & therapeutic group care, adoptions, and youth transitional services. Ebony has Bachelors of Science in Psychology from Alabama State University and a Masters of Arts in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix.

Adrienne R. (Rene’) Spikes

Adrienne R. (Rene’) Spikes is the Director of Operations and COO of AHGU dba Ringer Employment Solutions (RES) and Ringer Center of Excellence a 501(c) nonprofit organization. As Director of Operations, Spikes guides RES in its critical mission – helping the unemployed become employed in a jobless and recession economy. RES’s non-traditional training methods have been proven successful beyond measures. AHGU (the parent – Atlanta Hospitality Group Unlimited, Inc.) also conducts sales and marketing training in the public and private sectors; RCE (Ringer Center of Excellence) the non-profit entity extends GED training to government aided clients. Spikes joined AHGU in January 2006 after more than fifteen years in the credit/finance industry. She is active participant in several civic organizations and religious groups. Spikes is an Atlanta, Georgia native, receiving her formal education in the Atlanta Public School System and a Bachelor Degree from a HBCU – Clark Atlanta University. Spikes is married and has one child.

Sharon L. Hill, Ph.D.

Sharon L. Hill, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor, Georgia State University, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Department of Public Management and Policy

Sharon Hill is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. She holds a BA in Psychology from Delta State University (Cleveland, MS), an MPA from the University of Illinois (Chicago), an MA in Guidance and Counseling from Northeastern Illinois University (Chicago) and a Ph.D. in Public and Urban Administration from the University of Texas (Arlington).

Dr. Hill has thirty years of professional experience in government and human services in Georgia, Texas and Illinois. Positions have included Director of Planning, Research and Evaluation in the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budgeting, Director and Deputy Director of Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS), Director of Federal Regulations and Data for DFCS which includes the Office of Quality Assurance, SHINES (Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System) and Data Analysis and Reporting. Dr. Hill worked for the Texas Department of Human Services as a Supervisor for a long term care program for the elderly and persons with disabilities as well as a Management Development Specialist. In addition, she was also an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga and an adjunct professor with Clark Atlanta University.

Dr. Hill is committed to strengthening families and ensuring that all children enjoy the rights and privileges of a safe and secure upbringing. She sincerely believes that she was created to be a blessing to others. She volunteered for ten years with Big Brothers and Sisters of Arlington, Texas. As a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, she has participated in a variety of community service projects. She is currently on the board of directors for youthSpark, an organization dedicated to ending child sex trafficking and the Multi-Agency Alliance for Children (MAAC) whose goal is to improve outcomes for at-risk youth and their families in Georgia. Dr. Hill is also the academic advisor for the Mentoring Enrichment Program for foster children in Fulton and Dekalb Counties; Academic Director for the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders and serves on the Georgia Supreme Court’s Committee on Justice for Children.

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The DeKalb County CASA staff had the wonderful opportunity to participate in DeKalb’s Education Summit last week. It was a great event and we learned so much about Georgia’s AND, in particular, DeKalb’s education system and how foster children are affected. We also learned about ways we can improve foster children’s educational outcomes.

Juvenile Court Judge Vincent Crawford and Gary Frazier, from the Department of Family and Children Services, discussed DeKalb County’s Independent Living Program at the Summit. They presented to those in attendance information about foster youth who lack a plan and are and are getting ready to “age out”. They stated:

Georgia Independent Living Program For Foster Children

• 46% lack a high school diploma
• 42% are teen parents
• 46% battle drug addiction
• 51% are unemployed (because they have no education), those who are employed earn (on average) less than minimum wage
• 27% have spent time in jail
• 25% have been homeless
• 4% die.

Georgia Independent Living Program Foster Care

As CASA Volunteers, we must ask the teens we serve what they are doing about their future. It is never too early to begin thinking about what is next for them as they approach 18.

Judge Crawford explained how there are many questions that need to be answered at the 90 Day Review Hearing. Those questions include: Has the teencompleted high school? Does the teen plan on attending college? Does the teen have a job lined up? Does the teen have any job skills? Where does the teen plan on living? Does the teen have continued support after they exit foster care? Does the teen have an insurance plan? Do they have a photo ID, Social Security Card, and Birth Certificate?

So, how do we go about preparing our teens to answer these questions???

Georgia’s Independent Living Program provides youth with free help in applying for college, finding financial aid and scholarships, finding a job (Teen-Work), and up to $10,000 per year for school. The ILP also offers many other workshops and provides resources to foster children, group homes, and foster parents.

I think it’s important and an achievement that needs to be shared – DeKalb’s ILP has been noted as one of, if not, the best in the nation. Much praise is needed, however, they are failing in one particular component…participation. Not enough children in foster care are taking advantage of the services offered through this program.

Georgia Independent Living Program Coordinators

We can only ask that you get them involved! Help the child you serve understand their options, understand that they can go to college, own an apartment, and obtain a degree! Help them prosper, help them grow! #advocate #volunteer #onevoiceonechild

If you have questions, feel free to contact our staff.

Georgia Independent Living Program Foster Career

Also, Gary Frazier is DeKalb’s Independent Living Program Director and can be reached at glfrazier@dhr.state.ga.us.

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