HELPING YOUTH ACHIEVE
SELF-SUFFICIENCY The Montana Foster Care Independence program helps youth who are likely to remain in foster care until the age of 18; to prepare for and enter post-secondary and education institutions, or the training and services needed to find employment. The program assists youth with extracurricular activities, tutoring, financial literacy, housing, counseling, employment, education, and other appropriate support and services to former and current foster care recipients from the age of 14 until their 21st birthday. These endeavors complement youth's own efforts to achieve self-sufficiency, and assure that program participants recognize and accept their personal responsibility in preparing for and completing the transition from adolescence to adulthood. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Youth is age 14 or older and currently in foster care Youth has "aged out" of foster care and is not yet 21 years old. Youth had a guardianship or adoption finalized after their 16th birthday. |
For more information contact one of our Independent Living Mentors:
Dan McFadyean Region 2 Rural and Tribal Communities 406-564-5874 Stacie Eckenstein Cascade County 406-727-0076 or 406-788-5410 Kristy Kluge Cascade County 406-727-0076 or 406-564-8060 Chaffee offers great opportunities for youth!
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