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believes that every family could benefit from taking our Adopting
Older Kids and Youth Course (A-OKAY). This course is
interesting, informative and best yet, a lot of fun. YGB
understands that only you and your family can determine if adopting
an older child is the right choice for you. We believe that it
is our responsibility to provide you and your family with a forum
where your questions and concerns can be fully explored.
BIG NEW NEWS!
You Gotta Believe will begin a
new Bronx class on Tuesday evenings starting on February 19th at
Abbott House located at 3010 Jerome Avenue. The class will begin
at 6pm and run every Tuesday barring holidays and the last two
Tuesdays of December.
A-OKAY Parent Preparation
Courses
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Church of the Holy
Redeemer
"An African American Lutheran Church"
Saturday
Mornings
10am-1pm
Please feel free to join us at any of
our classes but please arrive one half hour early at 10am
sharp for a brief orientation before class
begins.
(except for Class #1 where you
can still arrive at 10:30 am)
2424 Linden Blvd (Between
Milford & Montauk one block west of Fountain Avenue)
Brooklyn, NY 11208 718-272-9300 (Church Phone) M. Rosina
Major - Church Administrator
No Need to
Stop and Have Breakfast, Bagels & Coffee will be
Available
(Take
#3 train to New Lotts Avenue, Last Stop. Take B15 Bus to
Fountain Avenue & Hegerman Street. Walk one block in
direction of bus to Linden Blvd. Cross Linden Blvd and
make a right. You will see a sign that says "ONE WAY,
JUST PRAY" That church is The Church of the Holy
Redeemer.)
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Date
of Class |
Topic |
Next Meeting #1 |
June 7th, 2008 |
Orientation -
Welcome to the GPSII/MAPP Program
for teens in Foster Care |
Next
Meeting #2 |
June 14th,
2008 |
Where the MAPP
Leads
A Foster Care and Adoption Experience for
Teens |
Next
Meeting #3 |
June 21st, 2008 |
Losses & Gains
The Need to Be a Loss Expert for Teens in foster care |
Next Meeting #4 |
June 28th, 2008
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Helping Children
with Attachment |
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No Class Today
Next Meeting #5
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July 5th, 2008
July 12th, 2008
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Fourth of July Weekend Helping Children Learn To Manage Their
Behavior |
| Next Meeting #6 |
July 19th, 2008 |
Helping Children With Birth Family
Connection:
YOUTH PANEL |
Meeting #7
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May 3rd, 2008 |
Gains and Losses: Helping Children Leave Foster Care
SUPPORT AVAILABLE AFTER YOUTHS MOVE IN> |
Meeting #8 |
May 10th, 2008 |
Understanding the Impact of Fostering
or Adopting
Parent Panel |
Meeting #9 |
May 17th, 2008 |
Unconditional Commitment:
The Only Love That Matters ...
to teens. |
Weekend Off Meeting #10 |
May 24th, 2008 May
31st, 2008 |
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND Beginnings & Endings
Unconditional Commitment: The Only
Love that Matters |
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St. Paul's
Evangelical Lutheran Church (next to the
McDonald's)
Wednesday Evenings
6pm -
9pm
Please feel free to join us for a
mini-orientation on half hour before
any class begins (6pm sharp)
and then you are welcome to stay for that class and begin your
ten week learning process
2801
W.8th Street (Corner of Neptune Avenue &
W.8th)
Coney Island, N.Y.
11224
718-266-1831
No
Need to Stop and Buy Dinner, Food will be
Available
(Take F
train to
Neptune Ave. Walk in direction of the McDonald's.
The Church is next to the McDonalds. Or take Q train to
W.8th Street. Walk on very long block up W.8th Street in
the opposite direction of the Boardwalk/Ocean/Aquarium.
Church is on the corner of W.8th & Neptune. )
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Date
of Class |
Topic |
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Next
Meeting #1 |
July 2nd, 2008 |
Orientation -
Welcome to the GPSII/MAPP Program
for teens in Foster Care |
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Meeting #2 |
April 30th 2008 |
Where the MAPP
Leads
A Foster Care and Adoption Experience |
Meeting #3 |
May 7th, 2008 |
Losses & Gains
The Need to Be a Loss Expert for Teens in foster care |
| Meeting #4 |
May 14th, 2008 |
Helping Children with Attachment |
Meeting #5 |
May 21st, 2008 |
Helping Children Learn To Manage Their Behaviors |
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Meeting #6 |
May 28th 2008 |
Helping Children with Birth Family
Connections Youth Panel |
| Meeting #7 |
June 4th, 2008 |
Gains and Losses: Helping
Children Leave Foster Care
Support After Placement |
Meeting #8 |
June 11th, 2008 |
Understanding the Impact of Fostering or Adopting
Parent Panel - BCAT Shoot
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| Meeting #9 |
June 18th, 2008 |
Perspectives in Foster/Adoptive Parenting
Adapting & Adopting |
| Meeting #10 |
June 25th, 2008 |
Beginnings & Endings
Unconditional Commitment: The Only
Love that Matters |
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You Gotta Believe!
Tuesday Evenings
6pm - 9pm
Please
feel free to join any of our classes for a mini-orientation but please arrive one
half hour early at 6pm sharp (except for
class
#1 where you can
still arrive at 6:30pm)
for a brief orientation before classes begin..
150A Long Island Avenue
Holtsville, N.Y
11742 631-654-7970
No
Need to Stop and Buy Dinner, Food will be
Available
(Take
LIE Exit 62. Go down to Waverly and make a right.
Go down to Long Island Avenue and make a left. 150A
first group of stores on your right
)
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Date
of Class |
Topic |
Next Meeting #1 |
May 27th, 2008 |
Orientation -
Welcome to the GPSII/MAPP Program
for teens in Foster Care |
| Next Meeting
#2 |
June
3rd, 2008 |
Where the MAPP
Leads
A Foster Care and Adoption Experience |
| Next Meeting
#3 |
June 10th, 2008 |
Losses & Gains
The Need to Be a Loss Expert for Teens in foster care |
| Next Meeting #4 |
June 17th, 2008 |
Helping Children with
Attachment |
| Next Meeting #5 |
June 24th, 2008 |
Helping Teens Learn To Manage Their Behavior |
| Next Meeting #6 |
July 1st, 2008 |
Helping Children With Birth Family
Connections.
YOUTH PANEL |
Next Meeting #7 |
July 8th, 2008 |
Gains and Losses: Helping Chilren Leave Foster Care:
Support After Placement |
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Meeting
#10 |
May 6th, 2008 |
Beginnings & Endings
Unconditional Commitment: The Only
Love that Matters |
| Meeting #9 |
May 13th, 2008 |
Perspectives in Foster/Adoptive Parenting
Adapting & Adopting |
Meeting #8 |
May 20th, 2008 |
Understanding the Impact of Fostering
or Adopting
Parent Panel |
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St. Mark's United
Methodist Church
Saturday Afternoons
2pm - 5pm
Please
feel free to join any of our classes for a mini-orientation but please arrive one
half hour early at 2pm sharp (except for
class
#1 where you can
arrive at 2:30pm)
for a brief orientation before classes begin..
200 Hempstead Avenue, Rockville, N.Y. 11570 (Day of #
631-739-5066 please only use on date of event)
If you are driving take Southern State Pkwy to Exit
19S. Go 1 1/4 mile down Peninsula Blvd and make a left onto
Lakeview. Go 1/2 mile and make left onto Hempstead.
Go 200 yards on left is the Church - Park in the Back.
LIRR Station stop to Rockville Centre. Walk about a mile to church
or take a bus.
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Date of Class |
Topic |
Next Meeting #1 |
June 7th, 2008 |
Orientation
Welcome to the GPSII/MAPP Program for Teens
in Care |
Next Meeting #2 |
June 14th, 2008 |
Where the MAPP Leads
A Foster Care and Adoption Experience
for teens in care. |
Next Meeting #3 |
June 21st, 2008 |
Losses & Gains
The Need to Be a Loss Expert for Teens in foster care |
Next Meeting #4 |
June 28th, 2008 |
Helping Children with Attachment |
WEEKEND OFF
Next
Meeting #5 |
July 5th, 2008
July 12th, 2008 |
Fourth of
July Weekend Helping
Children Learn To Manage Their
Behavior |
| Next Meeting #6 |
July 19th, 2008 |
Helping Children With Birth Family Connections:
YOUTH PANEL |
Meeting
#7 |
May 3rd, 2008 |
Gains and Losses: Helping Chilren Leave Foster Care:
Support After Placement |
| Meeting #8 |
May 10th, 2008 |
Understanding the Impact of Fostering
or Adopting
Parent Panel |
Meeting #9 |
May 17th, 2008 |
Perspectives in Foster/Adoptive Parenting
Adapting & Adopting |
WEEKEND OFF
Meeting #10 |
May 24th, 2008
May 31st, 2008 |
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND! Beginnings & Endings
Unconditional Commitment: The Only
Love that Matters |
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CGS/Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy
Memorial Center
THURSDAY EVENINGS - 6pm - 9pm
In partnership with the New York Catholic Guardian Society
34 W.134th Street, New York, N.Y. 10037
This site is across the street from Harlem Hospital - Site Phone # is: 212-926-1774
- Please call Site phone # on day of event only and only for direction.
All Other phone inquiries should be directed to You Gotta Believe at
718-372-3003
Feel free to join us for a mini-orientation one half hour
before every class begins (at 6pm sharp) and then you are welcome to stay
for that class and begin your learning process.
"34 W.134th Street" is right off Lenox Avenue & W.135th
Street.
Take #2 and #3 Train to W.135th Street & Lenox Avenue. Walk
East on Southside of W.135th until middle of block and make a quick
right onto Lenox Terrace Place and a quick left onto W.134th Street.
34 is a large brown four story building in this cul-de-sac.)
No Need to Stop and Buy Dinner. Food will be available.
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Date of Class |
Topic |
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Next Meeting #1 |
July 3rd, 2008 |
Orientation
Welcome to the GPSII/MAPP Program for teens in foster
care. |
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Meeting #2 |
May 1st, 2008 |
Where the MAPP Leads
A Foster Care and Adoption Experience for teens in
foster care |
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Meeting #3 |
May 8th, 2008 |
Losses & Gains
The Need to Be a Loss Expert
for Teens in foster care |
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Meeting #4
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May 15th, 2008 |
Helping Children w/ Attachment
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Meeting #5 |
May 22nd, 2008 |
Helping Children Learn To Manage Their
Behavior |
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Meeting #6 |
May 29th, 2008 |
Helping Children With Birth Family Connections:
YOUTH PANEL - BCAT SHOOT |
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Meeting #7 |
June 5th, 2008 |
Gains and Losses: Helping Children
Leave Foster Care
Support After Placement |
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Meeting #8 |
June 12th, 2008 |
Understanding the Impact of Fostering
or Adopting
Parent Panel |
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Meeting #10 (switched w/ #9) |
June 19th, 2008 |
Beginnings & Endings:
Unconditional Commitment: The Only Love That Matters |
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Meeting #9(switched w/ #10) |
June 26th, 2008 |
Perspectives in Foster/Adoptive Parenting
Adapting & Adopting |
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JAMAICA/QUEENS/A-OKAY
CLASS
SUNDAYS 4-7PM
Little Flower Children's Services
89-12 162nd Street, Jamaica, N.Y. 11432
718-526-9150 (only call on date of event)
Call office for direction - 718-372-3003
Please feel free to join us for a
mini-orientation one half hour before any class begins (at 4pm Sharp)
and then you are welcomed to stay for that class and begin your 10-week
learning experience.
Next Meeting #1 |
June 8th, 2008 |
Orientation -
Welcome to the GPSII/MAPP Program
for teens in Foster Care |
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Next Meeting #2 |
June 15th, 2008 |
Where the MAPP Leads
A Foster Care and Adoption Experience
for teens in care. |
Next Meeting #3 |
June 22nd, 2008 |
Losses & Gains
The Need to Be a Loss Expert
for Teens in foster care |
Next Meeting #4 |
June 29th, 2008 |
Helping Children w/ Attachment
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No Classes Today Next Meeting #5 |
July 6th, 2008 July 13th, 2008 |
Fourth of July
Weekend Helping Children Learn To Manage Their
Behavior |
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Next Meeting #6 |
July 20th, 2008 |
Helping Children With Birth Family Connections:
YOUTH PANEL |
Meeting #7 |
May 4th, 2008 |
Gains and Losses: Helping Children Leave Foster Care |
Meeting #8 - Class Canceled for
Mother's Day
Please Attend This Class on Saturday May 10th. |
May 11th, 2008 - Mother's Day - Class Canceled |
Understanding the Impact of Fostering
or Adopting
Parent Panel - Class Canceled for
Mother's Day
Please make up this class on Saturday May 10th
either in East New York Brooklyn at 10:30am
or Rockville Center at 2:30pm - See Directions Page |
| Meeting #9 |
May 18th, 2008 |
Perspectives in Foster/Adoptive Parenting
Adapting & Adopting |
NO CLASS TODAY |
May 25th, 2008 |
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND |
| Meeting #10 |
June 1st, 2008 |
Beginnings & Endings:
Unconditional Commitment: The Only Love That Matters |
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STATEN ISLAND/AOKAY CLASS
THURSDAYS - 6-9PM
St. Vincent's Childrens Services
56 Bay Street, Staten Island, N.Y. 10301
Call office for direction - 718-372-3003 - This location is directly
across the Street from the Staten Island Ferry
Please feel free to join us for a
mini-orientation one half hour before any class begins (at 6pm Sharp)
and then you are welcomed to stay for that class and begin your 10-week
learning experience.
Next Meeting #1 |
June 12th, 2008 |
Orientation -
Welcome to the GPSII/MAPP Program
for teens in Foster Care |
Next Meeting #2 |
June 19th, 2008 |
Where the MAPP
Leads
A Foster Care and Adoption Experience |
Next Meeting #3 |
June 26th, 2008 |
Losses & Gains
The Need to Be a Loss Expert for Teens in foster care |
| Next Meeting #4 |
July 3rd, 2008 |
Helping Children with Attachment |
Meeting #5 |
May 1st, 2008 |
Helping Children Learn To Manage Their
Behavior |
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Meeting #6 |
May 8th, 2008 |
Helping Children With Birth Family Connections:
YOUTH PANEL |
Meeting #7 |
May 15th, 2008 |
Gains and Losses: Helping Children
Leave Foster Care
Support After Placement |
| Meeting #8 |
May 22nd, 2008 |
Adapting & Adopting |
| Meeting #9 |
May 29th, 2008 |
Perspectives in Foster/Adoptive Parenting
Adapting & Adopting |
| Meeting #10 |
June 5th, 2008 |
Beginnings & Endings:
Unconditional Commitment: The Only Love That Matters |
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ABBOTT HOUSE
TUESDAY - 6-9pm
3010 Jerome Avenue, Bronx, N.Y. 10468 (Bet. Bedford Park Blvd &
204th Street)
Contact: Mary Keane for more information at either 646-691-7986 or
914-378-1899
Please feel free to join us for a
mini-orientation one half hour before any class begins (at 6pm sharp)
and then you are welcomed to stay for that class and begin your 10 week
learning process.
| Next Meeting #1 |
July 8th, 2008 |
Orientation -
Welcome to the GPSII/MAPP Program
for teens in Foster Care |
| Meeting #2 |
May 6th, 2008 |
Where the MAPP
Leads
A Foster Care and Adoption Experience |
| Meeting #3 |
May 13th, 2008 |
Losses & Gains
The Need to Be a Loss Expert for Teens in foster care |
| Meeting #4 |
May 20th, 2008 |
Helping Children with Attachment |
| Meeting #5 |
May 27th, 2008 |
Helping Teens Learn To Manage Their Behavior |
| Meeting #6 |
June 3, 2008 |
Helping Children With Birth Family Connections:
YOUTH PANEL |
| Meeting #7 |
June 10, 2008 |
Gains and Losses: Helping Children
Leave Foster Care
Support After Placement |
| Meeting #8 |
June 17th, 2008 |
Understanding the Impact of Foster or Adopting
PARENT PANEL |
| Meeting #9 |
June 24th, 2008 |
Perspectives in Foster/Adoptive Parenting
Adapting & Adopting |
| Meeting #10 |
July 1st, 2008 |
Beginnings & Endings
Unconditional Commitment: The Only Love that
Matters |
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CHILDREN'S VILLAGE COMMUNITY
CENTER -
MONDAYS - 6-9pm
5 S. Broadway, Yonkers, N.Y. 10701-3707
Contact Paul Snellgrove for more Information at either 718-372-3003 or 973-978-2253
Please feel free to join us for a
mini-orientation one half hour before any class begins (at 6pm sharp)
and then you are welcomed to stay for that class and begin your 10 week
learning process.
SEE DIRECTIONS TO CHILDREN'S VILLAGE on DIRECTIONS
Page of this website.
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Meeting #1 |
May 5th, 2008 |
Orientation -
Welcome to the GPSII/MAPP Program
for teens in Foster Care |
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Meeting #2 |
May 12th, 2008 |
Where the MAPP Leads
A Foster Care and Adoption Experience
for teens in care. |
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Meeting #3 |
May 19th, 2008 |
Losses & Gains
The Need to Be a Loss Expert for Teens in foster care |
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CLASS OFF Meeting #4 |
Monday May 26th, 2008 June 2nd, 2008 |
MEMORIAL DAY Helping Children with Attachment |
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Meeting #5 |
June 9th, 2008 |
Helping Teens Learn To Manage Their Behavior |
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Meeting #6 |
June 16th, 2008 |
Helping Children With Birth Family Connections:
YOUTH PANEL |
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Meeting #7 |
June 23rd, 2008 |
Gains and Losses: Helping Children
Leave Foster Care
Support After Placement |
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Meeting #8 |
June 30th, 2008 |
Understanding the Impact of Foster or Adopting
PARENT PANEL |
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Meeting #9 |
July 7th, 2008 |
Perspectives in Foster/Adoptive Parenting
Adapting & Adopting |
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Meeting #10 |
July 14th, 2008 |
Beginnings & Endings
Unconditional Commitment: The Only Love that
Matter |
Adopting Older Kids And Youth is A-OKAY | |