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To empower Transitional Age Youth (TAY) to be leaders in community and mental health system transformation and to create positive change through the promotion of culturally appropriate supports, services and approaches that improve and maintain the mental health of California’s TAY. To empower Transitional Age Youth (TAY) to be leaders in community and mental health system transformation and to create positive change through the promotion of culturally appropriate supports, services and approaches that improve and maintain the mental health of California’s TAY.

Transitional Aged Youth Program: Aspiranet’s TAY program provides all the necessities required for a young adult to start their independent life. Thanks in part to an ongoing partnership with Ashley HomeStore, TAY youth are provided with a furnished apartment, including a bed, furniture and everything else needed to make a house a home. Through ongoing classes, they receive employment and education assistance, help with resume building and a clear direction on where their path will lead. In California, roughly 3% of foster youth attend college. Aspiranet’s TAY program addresses these educational deficiencies by helping foster youth complete high school and prepare to enter college.  

Transitional Youth Success (TYS) will help you design a plan and turn that plan into the reality you want it to be. Your plan may change as you go through the program. Your personal Transition Coach will help guide you through to a successful conclusion. TYS is dedicated and invested in you and the success of your personal transition plan. Education counselors are here to assist you with filling out your FAFSA, or applying for CHAFFEE grants. TYS will host monthly, and individual trainings specifically designed to assist you in transitioning from foster care successfully. We will offer education information, tours of colleges, vocation assistance, introduction to services, such as; orientations with Work Force Connection, Focus Forward, Fresno County Independent Living Program, budget plan training, housing plans, outside cooking classes, healthy relationships, legal issues, and substance abuse referral services. TYS will assist you in obtaining your personal documents including: birth certificates, social security cards, medical records, driver’s license and more. After developing your transition plan we will support areas that are working and assist with areas that need improvement. TYS will provide a Transition Coach that will meet with you individually, although it is your responsibility to reach out to your