Speak Up for Kids launches Foster Youth Resource Concierge Program

Описание: Turning eighteen is a milestone for most — but for teens in foster care, it can feel like a dead end. Once foster children age out of the system, they’re left to figure out adult life on their own.

According to the Speak up for Kids foundation, there are 1,384 foster children across Palm Beach County. 377 of them are teens in the system who are about to take on the world alone. A new program is making that journey a little less lonely.

“I am working one on one with our foster youth in the community that are aging out, preparing to turn 18, enter adulthood,” said Christina Headley, Concierge with Speak Up for Kids in Palm Beach County.

It’s a first-of-its-kind initiative launched by Speak Up for Kids. They are calling it the Foster Youth Resource Concierge.

“Anyone from the age of 16 up to 18-years-old. The program is very individualized, so I stay with them past 18 for as long as they need that support,” said Headley.

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