Hope for the Age Out Youth Resource Center

We will provide programs & services that will offer youth a more secure support system they know they can count on as they make the transition to adulthood. Instead of ending up in “welfare lines” we will prepare them to end up in “employment lines”. We want to assist young people in decreasing negative behavior by giving them alternatives to the previous choices they have made in the past. Regardless to their socio-economic status, we know that they have been ''failed by the system" and it will be our goal to make it right and assist them in any way we can so they can move forward in life. We want to enter will assist them in becoming academic achievers, skilled tradesmen, increase their attention span and their tolerance for their fellow man, and ultimately become someone that “they themselves can be proud of”. Our program will focus on Integrity, Empowerment, Sacrifice and Perseverance and will be designed to empower individuals with the knowledge and skills to enable them to make informed, and positive choices that affect their future. We recognize the need to establish working relationships with other community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, social service agencies and, non-profit & for-profit organizations in order to be effective in assessing the needs of these "aged out" young adults.

Behavioral Modification Program

Our program will monitor behavior, provide workshops in the areas of prevention & intervention, conflict de-escalation, counseling, social skills, suicide prevention behavior discipline and more. We will provide youth with the life skills and tools they need to make better choices in life, become more mature, understand their strengths & weaknesses and learn from their past mistakes. It will be designed to empower individuals with the knowledge and skills to enable them to make more informed, and positive choices that affect their lives. Some of the workshops we will offer will include budgeting, credit repair, inter-personal relationship building and more. We want to assist young people in decreasing negative behavior by giving them alternatives to the previous choices they have made in the past. Regardless to their socio-economic status, the center will assist participants in becoming academic achievers, skilled tradesmen, increase their attention span and their tolerance for their fellow man, and ultimately become someone that “they themselves can be proud of”.

Ties That Bind Us & Educational Program

The Ties That Bind Us Program: This objectives & goals of this program is to make every attempt to “bridge the gap” between the foster care young adult and their families and open the doors of communication.
Educational Program: Provide programs and services such as GED program, opportunities to attend Colleges and Universities without having to worry about tuition. It’s a fact that the average youth who grew up in the foster care system and “age out” are less likely to graduate from high school and are less likely to attend or graduate college. We will offer scholarships to anyone having the desire to further their education be it college, university, or a vocational school, and we will provide a student stipend on a bi-weekly basis that will allow the students to go to school and not have the worry of finding a job and juggling to two. 

Job Creation, Skills Trading and Housing

Job Creation: We will set our sights on creation thousands of jobs annually through job training sessions, job placement opportunities, and of course the jobs we create as a result of our efforts to do all we can for Jamaican children who have for one reason or another ended up in the foster care system and placed “at-risk”, the young adults who have aged out of the foster care system, and do all we can to “stamp out poverty by lifting people up”.
Skilled Trades Program: Provide opportunities to attend Trade Schools and obtain Certificates in a Skilled Trade such as computer technology, carpentry, electrical, masonry, painting, welding, culinary arts, cosmetology, barbering, construction, HVAC, refrigeration & air conditioning and much more. 
Adequate Housing Program: Make sure they have adequate living quarters as they learn the responsibilities of living alone and being responsible for their own “well-being”.

Recreation & Sports Center

State of the Art Recreation & Sports Center: The Center will provide a safe, secure spirit filled environment. Activities will include sports such as basketball, tennis, racket ball, football, soccer, board games like dominos, chess, and the such and weekly family days where the entire family can join in on the fun. 
Mentorship Program: To ease with the transition to adulthood, HFTAOC will provide mentors who will work hard to ensure that our youth who age out are connected to at least one “deep and personal connection” to a caring adult, preferably a family member. We would hope that person to be the type of person they could call when “they run out of gas or their car breaks down in the middle of the night”. We want it to be the ”person they can celebrate that they got a job or passed a test,” “The reality is that is not always the case. The very idea that they have no one to come home to is heart wrenching.”

Aged Out Youth Networking Program

Hope For The Age Out Youth Networking Program: We recognize the need to establish working relationships with other community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, social service agencies and, non-profit & for-profit organizations in order to be effective in assessing the needs of the age out youth we have the opportunity to offer our services to. We will work tirelessly to improve and enhance their lives, and empower them with tools they will need to make it in life! If you want a Harvest Of Blessings In your Own Life, Plant Seeds Of Blessings In the Life’s Of Other’s
Let’s sow seeds of Love, Respect and Faith!