To provide every eligible youth in foster care – or former foster care youth – of Alameda County with independent living skills training to assist in the transition to a successful, independent lifestyle.
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A multi-service youth agency serving Alameda County young people aged 13-24.
Our emergency services and 12-step recovery, family living, job training, education and workforce development programs offer a compassionate bridge to achieve and maintain healthy, productive lives. We remove obstacles and provide the accountability and structure that people who are experiencing homelessness need to be productive in their communities.
Operation SafeHouse with community support, provides emergency shelter, intervention, and outreach services to runaway, homeless, and other youth in crisis. SafeHouse offers youth positive alternatives to becoming victims of the streets.
Transitional Housing (THP Plus and TYH) and additional supportive services for transitional age, former foster youth.
Walden programs seek to help adolescents and young adults develop life skills that are necessary to live as healthy, self-sufficient, responsible and productive adults. This is accomplished by providing the young adult with strengths-based and young adult driven case management as well as a safe and supportive setting that facilitates opportunities for age-appropriate mistakes and accountability.
We offer STEM training (robotics and coding), plus work readiness training and paid STEM internships to 100% of high school foster youth in our area.
United Roots empowers youth ages 16-24 in socially innovative ways utilizing the following four strategies: 1) Personal Development, 2) Media & Tech Training, 3) Social Enterprise Incubation, and 4) Social Justice Organizing.
The Launch Pad is a safe runway for emancipated and NMD and those at risk of homelessness ages 18-24 foster youth
The National Crittenton Foundation is the national umbrella for the Crittenton family of agencies, providing services and support to girls and young women. Crittenton agencies provide a comprehensive mix of gender & culturally-responsive, trauma-informed, developmentally-appropriate, strength-based services to girls, young women and their families impacted by childhood adversity, violence & trauma.