Their mission is to support youth and young adults recovering from the trauma of homelessness and family separation through housing, healthcare, and advocacy. Serving ages 16-21, this program is designed to help participants transition out of supervised care and into adult life. The TLP provides dorm-style housing, intensive case management, support services, and life skills training while residents work towards…
The Preparation for Adult Living (PAL) program was implemented in 1986 to ensure that older youth in substitute care are prepared for their inevitable departure from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services’ care and support. At any given time, there are about 3,500 youth 16 years of age and older in substitute care. PAL program staff strive to…
The Center has launched the Successful Transitions© initiative in an effort to help youth as they transition into adulthood. This unique service is not provided anywhere else in the region and primarily works with youth – starting at 15 years old – who are struggling with behavioral health challenges, learning differences, developmental disabilities, and/or a history of trauma.
The RightWay Foundation helps Transition-Age Foster Youth attain and keep good jobs despite the overwhelming trauma they have endured throughout their lives. The RightWay Foundation partners with emancipating foster youth and re-entry youth to build healthy, stable lives. Our programs address past trauma, support successful employment, and promote healing and self-sufficiency in adulthood.
The Blooming Flower Transitional Home organized and run by I AM VOICES, Inc. provides innovative, hands-on help with housing, life skills, job placement, transportation, social skills, financial literacy, therapy and positive contraceptive choices to girls and young women ages 18-24 who have experienced sexual violence. Our specific focus is girls aging out of the foster care system as this population…
The mission of Home 4 the Heart, Inc. is to provide a safe, stable, and empowering environment for girls (ages 12-19) who have been abused and/or neglected. Home 4 the Heart, Inc. has a vision to serve as community partners with girls fostering: Leadership, Academic Excellence, Spiritual Growth, and Physical & Social Development. Home 4 the Heart, Inc. is able to accept…
Boys & Girls Haven Transitional Living programs serve young people from 18 to 21 years old who are preparing to age out of foster care. We offer structured, dorm-style housing in our Pre-Independent Living program and scattered site apartments in our full-fledged Independent Living program.
We provide stability by giving clients urgently needed essential household goods – like pots and bedspreads – in order to make their first apartment a home. We continue to be there for youth as hands-on mentors. We empower our clients to become stable and self-sufficient by making referrals to effective counseling, education, and job training programs.
Angel Reach has developed a three-level housing plan with additional expectations at each level. The program is designed to foster increased independence at each level. At all levels, free counseling is provided to focus on repairing the emotional scars of abuse and neglect. As a foster youth advances through the levels, life skills classes prepare the young adults to be…
The LIFE (Learning Independence from Experience) Project promotes self-confidence and self-sufficiency for eligible young adults by providing a variety of housing options for young adults. These different settings allow young adults to experience independent living while continuing to receive support, guidance, and assistance with skills development. Participants must be 18 to 21 years of age, either single or parenting single…