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Community Connections Youth Project
FosterAdopt Connect
Program Summary:
Community Connections Youth Project is a voluntary case management program offered by FosterAdopt Connect to serve older foster youth and young adults who recently aged-out of foster care (ages 17-26). The overall goal of the program is to connect clients to services and resources they need to be successful as adults, and to mitigate many of the circumstances that lead to negative lifetime outcomes for people who have experienced significant childhood trauma.
Program Address:
18600 E. 37th Ter. • Independence, MO 64057
Contact:
816-350-0215 ext. 314 • fosteradopt.org
Program Summary:
Community Connections Youth Project is a voluntary case management program offered by FosterAdopt Connect to serve older foster youth and young adults who recently aged-out of foster care (ages 17-26). The overall goal of the program is to connect clients to services and resources they need to be successful as adults, and to mitigate many of the circumstances that lead to negative lifetime outcomes for people who have experienced significant childhood trauma.
Program Address:
18600 E. 37th Ter. • Independence, MO 64057
Contact:
816-350-0215 ext. 314 • fosteradopt.org
Community Connections Youth Project is a voluntary case management program offered by FosterAdopt Connect to serve older foster youth and young adults who recently aged-out of foster care (ages 17-26). The overall goal of the program is to connect clients to services and resources they need to be successful as adults, and to mitigate many of the circumstances that lead to negative lifetime outcomes for people who have experienced significant childhood trauma.
After exiting foster care, this population is very likely to experience mental health challenges, substance abuse, homelessness and domestic violence. Following enrollment, clients define immediate and long-term goals, and receive one-on-one assistance from dedicated staff specialists (who are former foster youths) to achieve those goals. These goals fall into several domains, including education, employment and financial stability. Helping clients achieve these goals increases the resources they have at their disposal to address crises as they arise, and greatly reduces the likelihood that they will experience domestic violence or will perpetrate violence on someone else.
CCYP clients also receive direct assistance to help meet their goals, including transportation, service linkage, access to supportive housing and (in a limited number of cases) financial assistance. CCYP staff meet with clients at least monthly, helping to encourage continuous improvement and to monitor client progress.
COMBAT Funding: $26,000.00
After exiting foster care, this population is very likely to experience mental health challenges, substance abuse, homelessness and domestic violence. Following enrollment, clients define immediate and long-term goals, and receive one-on-one assistance from dedicated staff specialists (who are former foster youths) to achieve those goals. These goals fall into several domains, including education, employment and financial stability. Helping clients achieve these goals increases the resources they have at their disposal to address crises as they arise, and greatly reduces the likelihood that they will experience domestic violence or will perpetrate violence on someone else.
CCYP clients also receive direct assistance to help meet their goals, including transportation, service linkage, access to supportive housing and (in a limited number of cases) financial assistance. CCYP staff meet with clients at least monthly, helping to encourage continuous improvement and to monitor client progress.
COMBAT Funding: $26,000.00
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YOUTH-ORIENTED
These are the agencies that have a COMBAT-funded program with a youth-oriented emphasis or component.
ArtsTech
» ArtsTech's Violence Prevention Programs
Blue Springs School District
» Eastern Jackson County Schools Collaborative of Greater Kansas City
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kansas City
» SMART Moves (Independence)
» SMART Moves (Kansas City)
Calvary Community Outreach Network
» Helping Youth Plan For Excellence
Della Lamb Community Services
» Della Lamb Youth Services Program
FosterAdopt Connect
» Community Connections Youth Project
Hickman Mills Prevention Coalition
» Hope Hangout
Jackson County Family Court
» Night Light Law Enforcement Curfew Program
Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey
» AileyCamp & AileyCamp The Group
Mattie Rhodes Center
» Mattie Rhodes Violence & Intervention Program
MINDDRIVE, Inc.
» STEM Educational Programs
Rose Brooks Center
» Project SAFE
Sisters In Christ
» Safe Zone
12th Street Heritage Development Corporation
» Mentor KC
United Inner City Services (UICS)
» Child-Centered Creativity (C3)
» Stay, Play & Learn—Violence Prevention
Urban Ranger Corps
» Urban Ranger Program
Whatsoever Community Center
» Whatsoever Youth Services
Youth Ambassadors, Inc.
» Youth Ambassadors Summer & School Year Programming