The Isaiah 1:17 Project

The Isaiah 1:17 Project wants every child to step into this new world with something they can call their own. Practical items, as well as a little something to show that there’s people standing behind them that care.

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Foster Care in the U.S.

Evansville, and its surrounding counties, sees approximately 27-45 youth a year transition out, or leave, Foster Care. Some are emancipated by the courts and others simply get tired of the constant moving and abuse and leave on their own. We dedicate our time, energy and resources to helping these youth through the most difficult time in their life.

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Foster Success

Foster Success, formerly Indiana Connected by 25, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that provides support to foster care youth at their most critical time – when they are transitioning out of the foster care system. We help Indiana’s 22,000 transitional age foster youth make successful transitions to adulthood through education, financial support, and advocacy.

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Guiding Life to Independence through Development and Education (G.L.I.D.E.)

They leverage public and private partnerships to provide young adults with life skills and employment readiness training, housing, and access to resources. Their goal is to open a long-term, supportive housing program that will teach life skills, employment readiness, and provide access to resources to help young adults that have exited foster care to become and remain successfully interdependent!

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Love Church Ministries – Love Auto Repair

We’re your downtown Fort Wayne full-service mechanic. 100% of our profits go toward helping local young adults (from about 16-24 years old) who have aged out of foster care. We take a wholistic approach, addressing their emotional, mental and spiritual needs. But we also care for the physical and the practical, too—like setting them up with housing and skills training…

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The Villages

At The Villages, we recognize that older youth need the same love, stability, and support as young children, yet also have unique needs for their age group. That includes helping them prepare for college, apply for jobs, find housing, and manage money. It also means connecting them with the resources they need to develop a solid foundation for adulthood, and…

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Stars Training Academy

Stars Training Academy, a division of Stars Behavioral Health Group, collaborates with community agencies across North America to provide enriched training and customized consultation to achieve high fidelity and sustainable implementation of evidence-supported and evidence-based practices. The Stars Training Academy serves as the purveyor of the Transition to Independence Process (TIP) Model.

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Firefly Children & Family Alliance

The experience of aging out of the foster system is often a humbling one. Although many young adults are eager to exit the foster system and enter adulthood, they lack the safety net family and other support systems typically provide. Our older youth services program is designed to bridge this gap. Our case managers work to help these young adults…

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