Independent Living Skills
Teens and Young Adults
Independent Life Skills is a program geared towards teens in foster care, teens who have been truant or in detention facilities and adolescents/young adults who need extra support towards independent adulthood. Through 8 workshop sessions, teens and young adults will learn valuable skills such as job preparedness, banking, home economics, auto care, personal care and more. The goal is to guide the individual towards independence.
Weekly workshops
Each program consists of 8 weeks of workshops geared toward the skills needed to function as an independent adult.
Home economics
Home economics, auto care, personal care and more are all part of successful independent living.
Money matters
Making money, managing money and wise banking are key elements in independent living. Skills are taught in an effort to set young adults up on a good course of spending and managing money.
Budgeting, finding an apartment, moving…
Living as an independent adult is tricky for everyone, especially kids who have experienced multiple challenges early in life. We offer workshops for teens and young adults to give them the skills and confidence needed to live successfully on their own.