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Project LIFE and Voices Partner in Youth Advocacy Effort
Voices for Virginia’s Children and Project LIFE collaborated in April to host a focus group to engage youth in the creation of a Foster Care Bill of Rights for the state of Virginia. Voices began working on this initiative over the last few months through their Foster Care Policy Network. A youth focus group was…
July 2023 News
Program Updates Project LIFE Welcomes New Staff Member The Project LIFE team is excited to introduce the new Independent Living Consultant for the Western Region of VA: Amber Steffey! Amber joined the team in June and is already planning for summer events in her region.While new to UMFS, Amber has worked with independent living youth…
June 2023 News
Program Updates 2023 Spring Conference Recap The 2023 Spring hybrid conference was a HUGE success. On May 5 – 7, 2023, Project LIFE provided a Statewide Youth Conference in the Eastern region with in-person and virtual participants. This conference was located in Virginia Beach, VA. 60 youth participated in-person and additional youth participated through Zoom,…
2022 Fall Conference
The 2022 Fall hybrid conference was a fun weekend for all who attended. November 11-13, we had 35 youth join us in person, and more joined virtually for three sessions on Saturday afternoon. This conference was located in Roanoke, VA at the Tanglewood Holiday Inn Hotel. The team worked hard to make sure that everything…
October 2022 News
Program Updates Media Ambassadors Project LIFE is seeking applications from youth all over Virginia from youth interested in being a media ambassador. This opportunity will engage youth in future content projects created by the Project LIFE team. Selected youth will work closely with our Youth Development Coordinator to create social media content appealing to young…