VOC’s Summer YouthWorks program is a work readiness program that involves workplace readiness training and a job placement during July and August. YouthWorks is open to Chicopee residents ages 15 – 22, and prioritizes at risk youth. VOC’s Education Opportunity Center (EOC) assists Massachusetts residents in choosing and applying to college and finding and applying for financial aid.
Launched in 2013, the primary goal of Fostering Panther Pride (FPP) is to assist former foster care youth and homeless students in their transition to Florida International University (FIU), their retention and graduation, and their pursuit of securing employment or graduate studies upon receiving their bachelor’s degree.
Lighthouse Youth Services is dedicated to advancing the dignity and well-being of children, youth and families in need. The agency is a nationally recognized innovator in services for families in crisis, foster care and adoption, mothers and babies, homeless youth and young adults, delinquent youth, and youth learning to become self-sufficient.
Mission Accomplished Transition Services is an organization that assists millennial students with the transition from school to career, higher education and philanthropic activities by connecting them with people, places and opportunities that will give them access to meaningful careers.
As young adults age-out of the foster care system, they usually do so without family, money, a place to live, or a job to support themselves. Hope Haven bridges the gap providing basic living expenses, scholarship money to continue their education, and support while they transition to adulthood.
A housing and mentoring program for young men 18-25 who are aging out of foster care and/or are struggling with housing security and have no system of support. Our focuses are education, life skills, and community engagement.
The Bridge of Faith (BOF) strives to change the generational cycle and status-quo that exists for girls who were victims of inadequate parenting and the results of the foster care experience. Each year we provide 5,196 safe nights for girls who have aged-out. We do not have an age or time limit.
The National Resource Center for Youth Services at the University of Oklahoma has been providing employee and program development resources to the youth services community for more than thirty years. We specialize in resources related to Trauma Responsiveness, Positive Youth Development, Cultural Responsiveness, Collaboration/Partnership, and Youth Permanence.
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.
Nick’s Scholars is a wrap-around service scholarship program.