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For anyone, regardless of their background or upbringing, finding a place to live is one of life’s greatest challenges. Housing is expensive and maintaining a suitable home requires holding steady employment, managing finances, and more. When young people come out of the foster system in the Redding area, this challenge can be even greater. Fortunately, there are former foster youth housing programs in Redding CA available to help young adults in this position stay off the streets.  A Big Expense for Former Foster Youth Housing Programs in Redding CA It [...]

Intensive Services Foster Care in California Not all children who are in need of foster care will be adequately served by the traditional system. Some of these youth need specialized care, which is where Intensive Services Foster Care in California can come into the picture. By making ISFC available, children with complicated or challenging needs can be placed with foster parents who are uniquely qualified to provide the care and guidance those young people need. Providing Intensive Services Foster Care in California is a significant undertaking, but the satisfaction of [...]

Understanding the Basics of the THPP For foster children, the system that provides for their care can be confusing and overwhelming. In fact, the system can be confusing enough for adults, so it’s certainly a challenge for young people to navigate the process and figure out how to get what they need. One of the valuable opportunities that foster children should be aware of is the Transitional Housing Placement Program in Siskiyou County. This program can help former foster kids in Yreka, CA stay off the streets and allow them [...]

The Independent Living Program Can Make a Big Difference The lessons that are offered by the Independent Living Program in Redding CA are often picked up naturally by children as they grow up. Through watching their parents, those children gradually accumulate the skills they need to handle themselves in the real world once they move out on their own. For foster children, who often grow up in a variety of different houses and situations, those lessons may not be available. So, as an alternative, the Independent Living Program in Redding [...]

Solutions For Youth Fund | 100th Request and Giving Trees Solutions For Youth Has Fulfilled 100th Request In November, our Solutions for Youth Fund team was able to fulfill Red Bluff High School’s ONE HUNDREDTH REQUEST! This fund was created to help supply local homeless and at-risk teens with necessary items to even the playing field during their high school careers. We could not continue this mission without the help and support of people like YOU! From a 15-year-old male... “Thank you so much for the work boots, jacket and [...]

Solutions For Youth Fund |  Supporting Homeless Youth I’m a counselor at the high school and every day I hear multiple heartbreaking stories from so many students. Hundreds of kids are living with people other than their parents because their parents are drug addicts, in jail, alcoholics, dead, or unfit. Students come to school wearing the same old clothes every day, the same old shoes every day regardless of all the sadness and trauma that haunts them. One question gives so many answers, “Who do you live with?” My grandma [...]

Foster Care Agency | Being a resource parent can be a very difficult but also very important job. It can be perceived as difficult to make a real difference because children may only be spending a short amount of time in your care. However, even when there for a short time it is still important and possible to provide a lasting impression for children in need. Here are some ways to make this possible. Listen No matter how long or short the amount of time you spend with a child […]