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Offered for all youth in foster care ages 14 and older, the goal of the Independent Living program is to help youth make the transition from foster care to self-sufficiency. Through collaboration with community agencies, the department provides support services and referrals to include independent living skills classes, education, vocation and career planning. Step-Up staff focus on assisting former foster youth to attain economic self-sufficiency by providing goods and services such as job training, housing assistance and educational assistance Programs/Services: job training, housing assistance and educational assistance.

NPHY’s wraparound programs stabilize young people’s lives, meeting their immediate needs and providing a safe, supportive environment and a path to self-sufficiency. NPHY’s individualized, holistic services empower young people to not only achieve long-term independence, but to craft the futures they want for themselves. Programs/Services: Drop-In Center, emergency shelter, outreach, supportive services, employment/education, housing, advocacy, health and leadership.

For more than a decade, The Children’s Cabinet has been providing Safe Place crisis intervention and outreach services collaborating with community partners. The Center for Aspiring Youth (CAY) opened in February 2017 to provide a family-friendly living environment and wraparound services for teens ages 13-17 that need a safe place to stay. Programs/Services: Transitional living, shelter, supportive services, employment/education.