The mission of the Clarksville Covenant House is to fill the gap between the foster system and adulthood. This Christian-based program assists adults who have aged out of the foster care system and helps them learn necessary skills while introducing them to Jesus Christ.
The mission of Huschka House is to provide homeless young adults in Northeast Tennessee with a safe living environment, affordable housing, and supportive services in order to ensure lifelong stability and success. Huschka House promotes equality and acceptance for all young adults. The goal of our Transitional Living Program is to assist young adults who are homeless or at risk of…
RCYC is a safe space where youth and young adults can find acceptance, support, and opportunities to learn and grow from and with one another. RCYC offers programming and services in financial literacy, sexual health education, career and education navigation, therapy and independent living housing.
Fostered Bridges is a nonprofit organization that strives to empower individuals in pursuing their own life goals. First and foremost we aim to provide independence based living opportunities in our tiny home village. Through our services, spanning from teaching job interview skills to comprehensive referrals, we can begin to build bridges towards making our clients’ dreams inevitable.
It is with a heavy heart that the SAFE Board of Directors has had to make the decision to postpone our SAFE HOUSE initiative due to COVID 19. It became evident after SAFE’s first placements that the internet capabilities at the SAFE HOUSE were not sufficient to support full-time online schooling for four teens as well as the foster mother…
Project Meet Me Halfway is a campaign I launched on January 1, 2010 — the day I began walking halfway across America — from Nashville, Tennessee to Phoenix, Arizona — to raise awareness to the plight of the nearly 30,000 foster children aging out of foster care into homelessness every year in America.
We are licensed as a Child Placing Agency, which allows us to serve children and youth who have been removed from their families and placed in the custody of the State of Tennessee due to abuse, abandonment, or neglect. The agency also has a Transitional Living Program, which provides stable housing and case management for youth who have aged out of…
This report outlines the work of the Youth Transitions Advisory Council as the members continue to develop strategies to assist these young adults as they prepare for success in the lives ahead of them. (Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth)
Our Transitional Living Program was launched the summer of 2017 by our partnership with Monroe Harding, a local foster agency, hosting a camp/retreat for those youth preparing to age of our DCS custody and those currently in EFC (Extension of Foster Care).
Youth Connections is a resource center for youth 16-26, who are currently in or have aged out of foster care or state custody. We offer financial education classes, resume writing, tutoring for HISET tests & peer support groups. Participants have access to laundry facilities & showers, by appointment, and can pick up personal hygiene & small household items from the…