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- EIN 92-1120735
- 2398787130
- 4205 12th St W Lehigh Acres FL 33971 USA
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Children & Youth, Foster Care, Human Services, Youth Development, Youth Development - Religious Leadership
Mission: Our Mission is to offer practical approaches to support the development of self-advocacy skills that address the specific needs of transition age foster care youth. These include how adults can support foster care youths' development as self-advocates by teaching them the skills to apply their own resources to advance their goals in the areas of education, employment, and adult life.
Results: We have help 23 teens complete banking and gain employment from our program. 3 of the teens now live on their own and pay their own bills.
Target demographics: o see that Youths that are aging out of the foster system have a successful transitions into the real world. Our Mission is to offer practical approaches to support the development of self-advocacy skills that address the specific needs of transition age foster care youth. These include how adults can support foster care youths' development as self-advocates by teaching them the skills to apply their own resources to advance their goals in the areas of education, employment, and adult life. To offer practical approaches to support the development of self-advocacy skills that address the specific needs of transition age foster care youth. These include how adults can support foster care youths' development as self-advocates by teaching them the skills to apply their own resources to advance their goals in the areas of education, employment, and adult life Youths that are aging out of the foster system to make sure they have successful transitions into the real world.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 65 foster kids
Geographic areas served: Florida
Programs: Adult Life skills