THE PLAN…

All programs are designed to assist the youth in achieving emancipation, education and employment goals. Participants in the program live independently, participate in individual and group life skills instruction, and receive counseling, healthcare access and mentoring.

Housing Assistance

This program gives the youth the opportunity to live independently with other roommates in subsidized housing arrangements. The participants chosen for this program must meet the following:

1. Be in college or vocational school taking at least 12 units or complete their GED in a six month period.

2. Required to pay for their food and other household cleaning / maintenance items

3. Required to save 20% of their income in a savings account that will be theirs to keep once they launch from the program.

4. Expected to attend all training sessions on budgeting, cooking, cleaning, shopping, interpersonal communication, interviewing skills, etc.

5. Expected to work together to maintain the dwelling in the condition in which they first moved in.

6. Required to attend all house meetings with their roommates and a mentor.
    

Life Skills Training

This program is comprised of six components that have been carefully designed to meet the needs of the emancipating youth.

1. Education Assistance: Assist in obtaining and completing college / school, grant and loan applications.

2. Employment Assistance: Assist in obtaining part-time or full-time employment

3. Domestic Skills: Teach basic cleaning and cooking skills. Also how to budget, balance a check book and shop wisely.

4. Transportation: Bus passes will be made available to the participants (as needed). If the youth owns a car, we will help subsidize repair costs.

5. Counseling: This includes role playing, conflict resolution, interpersonal communication, discussion about making positive life choices, etc.

6. Mentoring: Youth in the program are required to spend at least four hours a month with their mentor.