AAI provides out-client assistance to current or recently released foster care youth. The following are services provided: Liaison between youth and school/college, referral to job training programs, assistance in locating permanent housing, weekly individual life skills counseling, events focusing on life skills development, ongoing life skills development groups.
Program provides supervised housing/residential transitional living services, including single scattered site apartments, life skills, & individual therapy. SIL supports youth in finding an apartment, signing a lease, and obtaining services such as utilities. Funding is provided for monthly rent, utilities, transportation, and groceries. Funding is provided on a step down basis.
REAL provides semi-supervised independent living services for youth transitioning out of a more structured setting or foster care. Youth live in groups of apartments or homes with other housemates. Life skills, individual, group, and family therapy are provided, along with money for food and transportation.
The program assists young adults with behavioral health needs in preparing to transition to adulthood. Program supports and services build on the strengths of the individuals and promote their success in becoming more independent. These services include case management, activities in life skills education groups and limited housing support.
We are nonprofit organization that provides marketable life skills through media education and service leadership. Programs are open to all youth including older teens preparing to transition from the foster care system.
The mission of the PA Youth Advisory Board is to educate, advocate, and form partnerships to create a positive change in the substitute care system. It is made up of 14-21 year olds who are or were in the substitute care system.
YouthBuild Philly is a second-chance program where out of school youth can earn their high school diploma, learn a trade, and prepare for college and careers. We offer counseling, case management, leadership and community service opportunities, and post-diploma supports.
Holy Family helps thousands of disadvantaged children by giving them the supportive environment they need, through services such as therapeutic counseling, drug and alcohol support, in-home services, and education. Holy Family works with children and families in Allegheny, Armstrong, and Indiana Counties in Southwestern PA.
The PA Chafee Education and Training Grant Program provides grants to PA undergraduate students who are aging out of foster care and are attending a post-secondary institution approved for Federal Title IV student financial assistance programs. No award may exceed the student’s cost of attendance minus other financial aid the student is receiving.
As a non-profit coffee shop, our mission is to fortify former foster youth with personal and professional skills, employment and the supportive community needed to lead a sustainable independent lifestyle. Through 3 core program components – employment, case management and programmatic exercises – we emphasize relationship building to create a foundation of support for the youth in our program.