The Independent Living Program is a community-based program that teaches independent living skills and provides individualized counseling and other services for clients, ages 17 to 23, to help them transition from dependent adolescents to self-supporting young adults. Clients come from Bellefaire JCB and other residential or community-based programs, including foster care and juvenile court.
Admission criteria
In order to be eligible for admission:
- Clients must be able to function in a work or educational setting;
- Clients must demonstrate that they are not a danger to themselves or others; and
- Clients must be capable of living in an apartment with case management support.
Teen mothers are eligible for the program and should demonstrate adequate child-caring ability.