Upcoming Events
ICOY hosts training, policy forums, special events and other meetings for our membership, direct service providers contracted through the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) and service administrators. See a calendar of all our upcoming events and training.
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IDHS Informational Session: CBAT-O Office Hours
IDHS Informational Session: CBAT-O Office Hours
CBAT-O Office Hours are a dedicated space to allow providers and/or staff members to come with individual questions regarding the CBAT-O assessment, process, and/or logistics. This is not a training, but a space to answer any concerns or questions prior to the assessment launch in October. Individuals can join this space anytime during this hour …
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Community Youth Services (CYS) Management Meeting
Community Youth Services (CYS) Management Meeting
Please join us for today's management meeting for CYS providers. As a reminder, this meeting is mandatory for each program with the purpose of increasing communication across programs and with the state.
IDHS Trauma Training: Impact of Trauma
IDHS Trauma Training: Impact of Trauma
Understanding the impact of trauma on the development of the brain and learning response strategies to build resilient youth and families. The trainers will cover adolescent development, childhood trauma, and resilience & recovery. Two continuing education units (CEUs) will be available for participants with social work and professional counseling licenses. Trainers: Jocelyn Vega, Heshima Mance,…
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IDHS Trauma Training: Impact of Trauma
IDHS Trauma Training: Impact of Trauma
Understanding the impact of trauma on the development of the brain and learning response strategies to build resilient youth and families. The trainers will cover adolescent development, childhood trauma, and resilience & recovery. Two continuing education units (CEUs) will be available for participants with social work and professional counseling licenses. Trainers: Jocelyn Vega, Heshima…
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Positive Youth Development
Positive Youth Development
Understanding Youth Development: Harnessing the Power to Transform Individuals and Communities: History / Core Concepts / Practical Application This module allows participants to ground themselves within the history and theory that have led to positive youth development. Core principles and concepts of youth development as a model to create organizational and community change are offered…
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ICOY Trauma Talks: Suicide Prevention
ICOY Trauma Talks: Suicide Prevention
In this session, we will explore ways to support youth through a trauma informed lens, while also processing strategies to strengthen the protective factors of youth considering suicide. We will identify unique characteristics of youth and the relevance to suicidal and self-harm behavior, risk factors, and warning signs. About the Facilitator: Heshima has dedicated over…
IDHS Trauma Training: Vicarious Trauma
IDHS Trauma Training: Vicarious Trauma
This training addresses trauma and its impact on those in caring professions. Participants will discuss the “caring traumas” and learn how to identify and address the signs and symptoms of each. Additionally, participants will contextualize these concepts by examining the systemic issues that can contribute to them. Finally, participants will learn about ways to address…
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IDHS Trauma Training: Vicarious Trauma
IDHS Trauma Training: Vicarious Trauma
This training addresses trauma and its impact on those in caring professions. Participants will discuss the “caring traumas” and learn how to identify and address the signs and symptoms of each. Additionally, participants will contextualize these concepts by examining the systemic issues that can contribute to them. Finally, participants will learn about ways to address…
Organizational Culture and Cultural Humility
Organizational Culture and Cultural Humility
Cultural humility is a process of self-reflection and discovery to build honest and trustworthy work relationships across cultures. It is a lifelong process of self, whereby the individual begins with examining their own culture, beliefs, and cultural identities and then moves to recognize other cultures' beliefs, values, and identities without judgment or hierarchy. During this…
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IDHS Informational Session: CBAT-O Live Demos
IDHS Informational Session: CBAT-O Live Demos
Join us for a live demonstration on how to complete the CBAT-O along with office hours with the ICOY Trauma Team. This session allows you to ask individualized questions regarding this process. Session Objectives: See live examples of CBAT-O questions Learn about Typeform and how to navigate the online assessment Q&A with ICOY’s Trauma Team …
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ICOY Monthly Member Call
ICOY Monthly Member Call
Register below for ICOY’s monthly member call where we’ll provide updates from state and federal agencies on topics related to your work. If you don’t currently belong to a member organization but would like to participate, reach out to Naihal Wajid for more information.
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CCBYS 101
CCBYS 101
Join us for this webinar to learn what you need to know in order to effectively provide Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Services (CCBYS) and comply with program regulations. This training is perfect for crisis workers and new supervisors. Through lectures, case studies, group exercises and role play, participants will learn how to work with youth and…
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ICOY Child Welfare Coalition Call
ICOY Child Welfare Coalition Call
Join ICOY and other membership organizations on a biweekly call to discuss key changes in the child welfare and youth-led arena. The goal is to create a child welfare system that prepares youth to become successful and self-sufficient. Illinois Collaboration on Youth (ICOY) seeks to focus the attention of Illinois’ elected officials in all branches…
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Homeless Youth 101
Homeless Youth 101
This two-day webinar provides supervisory and front-line staff working in DHS funded Homeless Youth programs with essential information they need to ensure effective practice and compliance with the program's regulations. Participants will learn how to best engage homeless youth and create the environments and programs that most effectively meet their needs. During this training we…
Update on DHS FY23 Contracts and Payments
Update on DHS FY23 Contracts and Payments
Dear DHS Grantee, We understand that grantees have faced unprecedented funding and contract delays that have affected programming this year. We invite you to a session hosted by the Illinois Collaboration on Youth (ICOY) and Afterschool for Children and Teens Now (ACT Now) in partnership with the Illinois Department for Human Services to address these…
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ARPA Illinois Youth Investment Program NOFO
ARPA Illinois Youth Investment Program NOFO
ARPA Illinois Youth Investment Program NOFO bidders conference. For more information regarding this competitive NOFO, register here.
Homeless Youth 101
Homeless Youth 101
This two-day webinar provides supervisory and front-line staff working in DHS funded Homeless Youth programs with essential information they need to ensure effective practice and compliance with the program's regulations. Participants will learn how to best engage homeless youth and create the environments and programs that most effectively meet their needs. During this training we…
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IYIP Management Meeting
IYIP Management Meeting
Please join us for today's management meeting for IYIP providers. This meeting is mandatory for each program to increase communication across programs and with the state.
Homeless Youth Management Meeting
Homeless Youth Management Meeting
Please join us for the first management meeting for Homeless Youth providers in FY23! As a reminder, this meeting is mandatory for each program with the purpose of increasing communication across programs and with the state. Host: Sally Ehrlich
IDHS Trauma Training: Trauma Informed Supervision
IDHS Trauma Training: Trauma Informed Supervision
Designed for anyone who operates in a leadership/management capacity, this training helps professionals learn how to effectively manage and relate to individuals they supervise. Participants will learn to provide trauma informed supervision by learning about the way trauma can impact staff and recognizing signs of compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. Two continuing education units (CEUs)…
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IDHS Trauma Training: Trauma Informed Supervision
IDHS Trauma Training: Trauma Informed Supervision
Designed for anyone who operates in a leadership/management capacity, this training helps professionals learn how to effectively manage and relate to individuals they supervise. Participants will learn to provide trauma informed supervision by learning about the way trauma can impact staff and recognizing signs of compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. Two continuing education units (CEUs)…
Social Justice and Dismantling Organizational Racism
Social Justice and Dismantling Organizational Racism
This training will focus on how a social justice orientation is essential to dismantling organizational racism. We will begin by providing the historical context of racism at the institutional level with a focus on social service programs. This will allow us to understand the unique characteristics that maintain racism and how to produce meaningful change…
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IDHS Informational Session: CBAT-O Live Demos
IDHS Informational Session: CBAT-O Live Demos
Join us for a live demonstration on how to complete the CBAT-O along with office hours with the ICOY Trauma Team. This session allows you to ask individualized questions regarding this process. Session Objectives: See live examples of CBAT-O questions Learn about Typeform and how to navigate the online assessment Q&A with ICOY’s Trauma Team …
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Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing
This ICOY training provides an overview of motivational interviewing and its critical elements for effective practice: D.E.A.R.S, O.A.R.S, Decisional Balance, and Eliciting Change Talk. The main focus of motivational interviewing is to partner with the individual to enhance motivation and resolve ambivalence about making a behavior change. Compared with non-directive counseling, this method is more…
IDHS Trauma Training: Immigration & Trauma
IDHS Trauma Training: Immigration & Trauma
During this discussion we will explore the relationship between immigration, culture, and trauma. Specifically, delve into the psychological term “acculturation”. Together we will discuss how immigrants and children of immigrants deal with stressors, barriers, and the assimilation of a new society. Two continuing education units (CEUs) will be available for participants with social work…
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CCBYS Supervisor Training
CCBYS Supervisor Training
Through interactive engagement, this training will define the role of CCBYS supervisor and administrators by looking at standards, juvenile court act, MRAI, and agency practice. During this two- and half-hour webinar, we will share important skills and day-to-day learning needed for new staff. We will also focus on how to engage discretionary clients, community outreach,…
IDHS Trauma Training: Culture & Trauma
IDHS Trauma Training: Culture & Trauma
Trauma has context. That context oftentimes has cultural and historical roots. This training will explore the relationship between trauma and culture by looking specifically at populations who are at high risk for experiencing trauma. Participants will also learn about the ways power and oppression impact trauma and access to resources. Lastly, participants will learn about…
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IDHS Trauma Training: Culture & Trauma
IDHS Trauma Training: Culture & Trauma
Trauma has context. That context oftentimes has cultural and historical roots. This training will explore the relationship between trauma and culture by looking specifically at populations who are at high risk for experiencing trauma. Participants will also learn about the ways power and oppression impact trauma and access to resources. Lastly, participants will learn about…
ICOY Child Welfare Coalition Call
ICOY Child Welfare Coalition Call
Join ICOY and other membership organizations on a biweekly call to discuss key changes in the child welfare and youth-led arena. The goal is to create a child welfare system that prepares youth to become successful and self-sufficient. Illinois Collaboration on Youth (ICOY) seeks to focus the attention of Illinois’ elected officials in all branches…
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