| Last updated on August 1, 2007 |
To provide quality guidance for Young Adults to become independent, through our, “Keys To success Program.”.
The mission of the Alighted Path is to develop and provide educational, mental health and basic living skills that engages young adults, resulting in successful stability opportunities after emancipation.
Description:
Alighted Path Foundation participants will include those young adults who have emancipated from foster care or probation systems in Contra Costa County. Alighted Path THP-Plus tenants shall be at least 16 years of age and are not yet 24 years of age, and shall have designated and shall be pursuing the goals approved by the county, utilizing the THP-Plus Transitional Independent Living Plan (TILP) developed by CDSS.
Intake Assessment/Discharge Plan
Vocational and Career Development
Employment Work experience if desired
Group Support and individual Support on becoming independent
Enrollment in Independent Living Skills Training Programs
Substance abuse prevention
Housing and Household management education
Preventative health and safety activities; including smoking avoidance, nutrition education, and pregnancy prevention (group workshop style)
Interpersonal/Social and Self Development Skills (group workshop/individual sessions)
24 Hr. Crisis Intervention Support
Roommate Mediation (group workshop style/individual sessions)
FDIC Insured Savings Account
Participant Allowance
Public benefits advocacy
After Care Follow Up
Mentorship
Life Skills Training (group workshop style/individual sessions)
History:
Although foster care is intended to be a temporary arrangement—as social services agencies assist families toward reunification or pursue other permanency options, such as adoption or legal guardianship—over 4,000 youth “age out” of California’s foster care system each year. The terms “aged out” or “emancipated” describe foster youth who are discharged from the foster care system when they attain a certain age.
California, like almost all states, has statutes authorizing dependency courts to retain jurisdiction of foster youth beyond age 18. Generally, however, jurisdiction is only retained for a specific purpose—and only then for the minimum amount of time necessary. Time after time, the state—which has assumed the role of parent in these cases—turns her children out into the street at age 18 with no place to live, no means of supporting themselves, no safety net, and no hope for their future. We saw the need for advocacy and wanted to start a grassroots approach to being a help in our community.
Contact people:
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Taunita Trotter, Chief Executive Officer, (925) 325-0905, (email)
Trell Trotter, Chief Financial Officer, (925) 752-5765, (email)
Barbara Williams, Fiscal Sponsor, (510) 282-9987, (email) |
Address:
Web Site: None specified
Directions:
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Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: James Donlon |
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