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CHILDREN' S HOME SOCIETY INDEPENDENT LIVING • INDIAN RIVER COUNTY CHILDREN' S SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE make positive choices . We believe learning these skills will enable them to avoid the pitfall many youth coming from the foster care system face, such as pregnancy, depression, isolation and loneliness. 4. List staffing needed for your program, including required experience and estimated hours per week in program for each staff member and/or volunteers (This section should conform with the information in the Position Listing on the Budget Narrative Worksheet) . • Program Director—Master' s Degree in Social Work, Human Services or related field with a minimum of five years supervisory experience in a social welfare or health care agency. 10 % (4 hours per week) of this position is dedicated to supervision of the Independent Living Program. • Independent Support Coordinator—Bachelor' s Degree in Social, Behavioral or Health Science with two years experience working with children. 100 % (40 hours per week) of this position is dedicated to ILP. • Two (2) Life Skills Specialists—Bachelor ' s Degree in psychology, social work or related human service field with a minimum of one-year experience working with troubled children/youth. 100 % (40 hours per week) of these positions are dedicated to ILP. 5 . How will the target population be made aware of the program ? The ILP staff work closely with the Department of Children and Families and the Children ' s Home Society ' s Adoption Program to identify all youth eligible for services in ILP. Their legal case manager should refer every child in foster care to ILP at their thirteenth birthday when they become eligible for these services. ILP can now access a report from DCF ' s HomeSafeNet (computer system) listing all children eligible for ILP services and ILP staff actively pursue the referrals for these youth. ILP staff also attends monthly staff meetings with DCF and Adoption staff to educate them about the program and obtain referrals. In addition , ILP staff often attends guardian ad litemmeetings , foster parent association meetings and trainings for potential foster parents (M.A.P.P.) and give presentations about the program . Newsletters and brochures about ILP are sent out monthly to interested parties . 6. How will the program be accessible to target population (i. e. Iocation , transportation, hours of operation) ? The Independent Living Program ensures that the program is accessible to the target population by providing services in the client ' s home and by providing transportation to activities and workshops as needed . Monthly case management visits occur in the client ' s home. Workshops are rotated throughout the four counties and transportation is often provided for the clients to ensure that they can attend. This is especially true for the youth in Indian River County as we have access to transportation through the Residential Girls Group Home. While services are provided primarily during regular working hours , our ILP staff carries beepers so they are accessible to clients . Visits and events are often scheduled in the evenings and on weekends when the youth are not in school in order to make these services easily accessible. D . MEASURABLE OUTCOMES (Entire Section D not to exceed two pages) 7