What is the Transition for Youth to Adulthood Program?
| The Transition for Youth to Adulthood Program provides outreach counselling, information, groups, and after hours support to assist youth in developing the life skills necessary to make successful transitions to living independently. The program works with youth referred by MCFD, providing individual outreach support and councelling, group work/peer support, relationship councelling, and increasing community connectedness to help in developing a network of supports in the community. |
| Objective: To assist youth in completeing the practical, day-to-day tasks of self sufficiency and to help youth gain more problem solving skills. |
Support & Assistance with:
-One-to-one Counselling
-Positive Self Care & Life Skills
-Responsible Decision Making
-Finding Suitable and Stable Housing
-Resolving Issues with Landlords
-Getting Help with Legal/Advocacy Issues
-Ensuring Your Medical Needs are Met
-Selecting and Help Getting into Educational
Upgrading and Job Training Programs
-Finding Employment
-Community Resources Information
-Resolving Family Issues
-Birth Control
-Budgeting and Time Management
-Obtaining Proper Identification
-Homemaking
-Accessing Drug & Alcohol Counselling
-Relationship Counselling
-Abuse Councelling
-And much more!