Transitional Housing (THP Plus and TYH) and additional supportive services for transitional age, former foster youth.
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Walden programs seek to help adolescents and young adults develop life skills that are necessary to live as healthy, self-sufficient, responsible and productive adults. This is accomplished by providing the young adult with strengths-based and young adult driven case management as well as a safe and supportive setting that facilitates opportunities for age-appropriate mistakes and accountability.
Fostering Advocates Arizona (FAAZ) is guided by young adults who have experienced foster care. It’s our goal to make sure all foster care young adults have the information, resources and support needed to transition to a new life. FAAZ is for those; thinking about life after they leave foster care, preparing to leave foster care, and exploring programs and services…
Saving Grace is a Christ-centered home in Northwest Arkansas, offering hope and transformation to young women lacking critical supports. We provide relationships, skills, and resources to empower generational change. (Aging out of care, homeless women 18-25)
The Launch Pad is a safe runway for emancipated and NMD and those at risk of homelessness ages 18-24 foster youth
The National Crittenton Foundation is the national umbrella for the Crittenton family of agencies, providing services and support to girls and young women. Crittenton agencies provide a comprehensive mix of gender & culturally-responsive, trauma-informed, developmentally-appropriate, strength-based services to girls, young women and their families impacted by childhood adversity, violence & trauma.
Each year the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program provides $140 million for independent living services to assist youth as they age out of foster care and enter adulthood. This report describes how states are using these funds to provide housing assistance and explores how the assistance provided through this program fits in with other sources of housing assistance available.
In this document, Chapin Hall summarizes what is known about the housing needs and outcomes common to young people who age out of foster care.
In this study, homeless emerging adults who had not aged out of foster care were compared to peers who were homeless and aged out of foster care.
Senate report language accompanying HUD’s 2009 Appropriation directed the Secretary to “conduct an evaluation of the housing models that are most effective in preventing and ending homelessness for youth aged 16-24.” HUD chose to focus this research effort on the housing needs of the over 25,000 youth who “age out” of the foster care system each year.