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.
Special Member Call: IM+CANS Provider Presentation
Register here via Eventbrite! Join ICOY and presenters, Stephanie Barisch - CYFS and Laura Kuever - Catholic Charities, as they share key takeaways from the IM+CANS workgroup that providers should be aware of. We ask that you specifically invite someone from your clinical and quality assurance departments to participate in this call on behalf of your organizations,…
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 and traumatic stress at the hands of the systems and society exist in. Additionally, participants will gain understanding about the ways…
Child Welfare Coalition Call
Join ICOY and other member organizations on a 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 of government…
ICOY & Maryville Academy: Legislative Tour
Maryville Academy: Bartlett Location 951 Bartlett Rd., Bartlett, IL, United StatesRegister via Eventbrite here! We are excited to announce that in August, two of ICOY’s member providers will be opening their doors to IL State legislators and other member organizations in the region. We invite you join us as we give our elected officials an inside look at our members’ collective daily operations and engage…
Motivational Interviewing
This ICOY training provides an overview of motivational interviewing and its key 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 Informational Session: CBAT-O Informational Webinar
The Capacity Building Assessment Tool for Organizations (CBAT-O) was developed through a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration capacity building grant to help agencies become more trauma-informed. ICOY’s Trauma Initiatives Team will provide an opportunity for IDHS funded providers and sites to ask questions about the assessment process. This 60-minute webinar will briefly walk…
Legal Training for Practitioners Working w/ Youth in Crisis
Please join ICOY's Legal training to review best practices for working with youth and families in the context of an agency's legal responsibilities. We will address decision-making authority and the various players, juvenile justice laws, and intersecting legal proceedings, crisis situations and responses, rights of minors without parental consent, and legal guidelines for case managers.…
IDHS Trauma Training: Trauma Informed Supervision
This training is designed for organizational supervisors to discuss our role and impact. As supervisors, we must recognize that our staff are clients of our organizations and experience workplace trauma. During this training, Trauma Informed Supervision will highlight tools for effectively building relationships, managing conflict, and communication skills within teams. Participants will gain strategies to…
Casey Life Skills
Please join us for this Casey Life skills training, developed by Casey Family Programs, which teaches youth providers how to use life skills assessments with youth in homeless youth and transitioning youth programs. Casey assessments also have applications in a variety of other youth service programs including basic centers, street outreach programs, educational outreach programs…
DEI: Organizational Cultural Humility and Diversity
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…
CCBYS Management Meeting
Illinois State University Alumni Center, 1101 N. Main Street, Normal IL 61761 Illinois State University Alumni Center, 1101 N. Main Street, Normal IL 61761, Normal, IL, United StatesPlease join us for today's in-person management meeting for FY24 CCBYS providers. As a reminder, this meeting is mandatory for each program with the purpose of increasing communication across programs and with the state. Location: Illinois State University Alumni Center, 1101 N. Main Street, Normal IL 61761
IDHS Special Trauma Topic Training: Trauma Informed De-Escalation
This training will present an overview of the factors that can escalate a situation and/or individual. Together we will go through the escalation cycle and responses to each phase, work to understand how to identify our own and others’ conflict styles, trauma responses, and triggers. We will learn practical de-escalation principles and skills to support…