Support Services for Youth in Transition
As youth age out of out-of-home care, receiving guidance and support when facing life’s challenges can help prepare them for self-sufficiency. Use the following resources to learn more about the areas in which youth may need support as they transition to adulthood. There are lots of resources available to help foster youth at risk get assistance in identifying and applying for programs that literally can save their lives. Programs on health care, food, housing, mental health, grooming, training, getting a job, dressing for the job, and more.
- For Youth Aging Out Of Foster Care, RI’s Voluntary Extension Of Care Program Aims To Ease Transition To Independence.
- Young Adults Formerly in Foster Care: Challenges and Solutions – Youth who are transitioning to adulthood need to have well developed self-esteem and self-efficacy skills that equip them to manage relationships in multiple contexts, including education and employment settings, as well as with friends and family members.
- Choosing to be Homeless
- Runaways with Home Issues
- The Foster Care Crisis: The Shortage Of Foster Parents In America – Children abused. Children neglected. Children abandoned. Children being placed into foster care; a foster care system where there are not enough homes.
- Community connections and supportive relationships
- Education
- Employment
- Financial Capability
- Housing
- Identity formation
- Life skills
- Mental health
- Youth with disabilities