Lesson series
Providing Stability for Success: Housing Resources for Foster Youth
Estimated Completion Time: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Safe, stable housing is essential for young people to grow into independence, heal from trauma, secure education and employment, and launch a thriving future. This training reviews the housing supports available to foster youth through the child welfare system and its contracted providers, as well as options for youth as they age out of foster care, including the local homelessness response system. The training ensures that CASAs have the understanding and tools to support young adults in accessing these critical housing resources.
Safe, stable housing is essential for young people to grow into independence, heal from trauma, secure education and employment, and launch a thriving future. This training reviews the housing supports available to foster youth through the child welfare system and its contracted providers, as well as options for youth as they age out of foster care, including the local homelessness response system. The training ensures that CASAs have the understanding and tools to support young adults in accessing these critical housing resources.