HOUSING
Goodwill
What organization offers Connect For Housing?
Counties served: Harris Montgomery, Galveston, Fort Bend, Brazoria
713-623-1403
LSC Navigators
Who can assist students with their application and college journey?
Lone Star College
Anabell Hernandez, 281-290-2899
1892
What year was DePelchin founded?
(713) 730-2335
The Residential Treatment program at DePelchin treats children and adolescents struggling with severe mental, emotional or behavioral problems that inhibit normal functioning in a family setting. The purpose of the program is to help youths develop the coping methods, internal control and social skills they need to transition to a home environment.
DePelchin's residential treatment center, located in Richmond, Texas, provides 24-hour care and temporary residence for youths ages 5-12.
PROGRAM COMPONENTS
Residential treatment services are short-term and typically last 90-120 days. Once a resident leaves the program, he or she may continue to receive therapy and medication monitoring if necessary.
Family Roots for Life
What organization reunites, reconnects, and restores children, youth and families through the provision of social, emotional, and behavioral health services to ensure child and family well-being?
Atasha Kelley-Harris
Main: #832.800.7989
E-mail: info@familyrootsforlife.org
VISION
We envision a world in which every child and young adult has a secure, stable family enabling him or her to thrive and achieve his or her full potential.
SIGNATURE PROGRAMS
·Roots and Wings Mentoring and
·Hopes and Dream Transition Services
Both provide support to transition-age youth and young adults ages 14 – 24.
PreETS
Whart services does Vocational Rehabilition provide to students, ages 14-22, with a documented disability?
Pre-Employment Transition Services
Janeen S. Gordon TVRC V, MRC, CRC
Texas Workforce Solutions
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
(281) 928-0175 cell
janeen.morrison@twc.texas.gov
Journey Home Houston
What organization supports young ladies who have aged out of the foster care system?
Christine Nunez
Director of Operations
281-797-7745
Christine@journeyhomehouston.org
Our desire is for each resident to grow in her relationship with Jesus Christ while receiving room and board, educational support, budget coaching, and therapy.
A few ways we do this thanks to our generous donors:
- Our Downtown campus is centrally located in Houston with easy access via bus or car to college and job opportunities
- Our Magnolia campus is located in an up-and-coming area with college and job opportunities, while offering a peaceful countryside environment
- Direction in educational goals with a volunteer educational coach
- Free Christian counseling for mental and emotional health
- Budget coaching and financial direction with a volunteer wealth advisor
- Direction in obtaining a driver’s license and personal ID
- Mentorship from on-site houseparents and surrounding community
Forward Thinking
What is the SHSU program that empowers former foster youth, wards of the court and homeless students to build meaningful relationships within the university that are important to successful personal and professional achievements?
936-294-3680
25
What birthdate must a foster youth activate their college tuition and fee waiver?
It is good for life but must begin before 25th birthday.
Life Enhancement Services
Who is a provider of Therapeutic Counseling Services for children, adolescents, and adults?
Tyrell Green
Community Outreach
tgreen2@lestx.org
346-298-5521
LES specializes in community based services for people diagnosed with a serious mental illness.
Anyone can access help at LES for anxiety, depression, ADD/ADHD, PTSD and OCD and most other psychiatric and behavioral conditions and issues.
If you or someone else you know needs help, complete our referral form.
We continually add insurance panels so give our office a call to ask about your specific insurance.
Faith-Based and Community Engagement
What division of DFPS engages faith-based, community partners and individuals to assist vulnerable children, adults, and families.
Alysa Elliott-Wilson
Regional Administrator, Region 6
alysa.elliottwilson@dfps.texas.gov
The Way Home- Coordinated Access
What is the centralized or collaborative process designed to coordinate participant intake, assessments, and referrals to housing and/or income?
Alvin Community College
What school has a foster care liaison officer who serves as the initial point of contact, advocate and connects Foster Care students with services on and off campus?
14.5
What is the average age of a youth who with dual-system involvement in Harris County?
Information on Collective Action for Youth (CA4Y) website
Charmet Findley
charmet.findley@ca4y.org
346-814-7136
What does it mean to be dual status?
In Harris County, dual status youth or duly youth are 10-17-year-olds who find themselves in both the child protective and juvenile justice system.
Hatch Youth
What is Houston's oldest, currently active social group dedicated to empowering LGBTQIA+ youth between the ages of 7-20?
The Montrose Center
Laura Kanter, MSW
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Youth Services Manager
Office 713.529.0037 Ext.353
info@hatchyouth.org
Mobile Houston, Empower Families, Transform Generations
What are the 3 strategies of The Riverside Project?
Amber Knowles, Executive Director
cell: 713-202-3109
The Riverside Project is a collaborative network of agencies, congregations, nonprofits, school districts, and passionate individuals working together to transform the foster care system in Houston.
Foster care is not an isolated problem. The various systemic issues affecting children and families are interconnected (issues such as poverty, homelessness, addiction, incarceration, human trafficking, etc.). Thus, to create real, lasting change, we must address these issues from all sides. When we work together – each with our own unique focus, skills, and expertise – we can begin to build a better future for every family in our community.
Covenant House Texas
What organization is a faith-based organization committed to giving homeless youth a safe haven, absolute respect, unconditional love, and a path to lasting independence?
Leslie Bourne
Executive Director
lkbourne@covenanthouse.org
Covenant House Texas (CHT) opened its doors in 1983 to provide shelter for homeless, abused and abandoned youth ages 18 – 24. After more than 35 years of service, CHT offers an extensive continuum of care model for homeless youth including mental health and substance abuse counseling, educational and vocational training, transitional and permanent living programs, street outreach and prevention, pastoral ministry and parenting classes in addition to providing the basic necessities of food, clothing, medical care and safe shelter from the streets for youth in crisis.
Foster Care Liaisons
Who assists foster care alumni at San Jacinto College with transitioning to college and with applying for available benefits?
Kimberly Steele, MS, LPC
Direct: 281-998-6150 x. 1103
Kimberly.steele@sjcd.edu
Dora Trevino, MS
Direct: 281-998-6150 x. 3843
Dora.trevino@sjcd.edu
3.268
How many acres is the new HAY Center Campus?
Breanna L. Haile, MS
Manager of HAY Center Programs & Contracts
Main 832-927-7000 I Direct 832-927-7016
The project includes construction
of two buildings and outdoor
space on a 3.268-acre site at
3131 Gulf Freeway
Wrap-around Services Building:
17,000-sq-ft commercial building for wrap-around services, including offices, huddle/meeting rooms, a computer lab, and life skills training rooms.
Residential Building:
41,000-square-foot, 50-unit residential building for youth with community space, a kitchen, a small gym, a business center, and private study rooms.
Isaiah 117
Who provides a comforting home where children can have a safe and loving place to stay while waiting on placement?
Krista Patton, Montgomery/Walker Counties
423-518-3760 ext 632
Christy Sevier, Brazoria County
281-650-9055
Find a job, Keep a job, Get a better job
What is Workforce Solutions's motto?
Anna Kluth, anna.kluth@wrksolutions.com
Aurelia Johnson, 832-681-2536, aurelia.johnson@wrksolutions.com
Maisha Lyons, maisha.lyons@wrksolutions.com
With an in-depth understanding of the local job market and established relationships with local employers, educational institutions and qualified job search support vendors, we provide you with the resources, intelligence and tools you need to succeed.
We offer career planning guidance, tips and advice for improving your job search, training and education opportunities and the financial support to make it all possible.
Workforce Solutions knows what tools you need to get a job, keep a job or find a better job. In addition to our job search resources and job matching service (www.workintexas.com), we offer financial aid for training as well as assistance to help you look for work or go to work.
Fort Bend Family Promise
Whose mission is to meet the needs of homeless families while empowering them to attain self-sufficiency?
The problem is so well-hidden that people often are shocked to learn about the growing number of homeless families in Fort Bend County. Based on a University of Texas study, there are between 6,000 and 9,000 homeless in Fort Bend in any given year, and nearly half are children seeking shelter with their families.
Housing, healthcare and other costs are soaring, and many low income families are just a paycheck away from losing their homes. Common causes of episodic homelessness are job loss, illness, injury, foreclosure, divorce and natural disaster.
Our Housing Navigator helps each family develop an individualized plan to attain safe, affordable housing and develop the confidence and skills they need to achieve long-term independence.
Foster Youth Academy
What HCC program does Adult Education & Literacy program offer?
Adult Ed office: 713.718.5381
These academies allow students to attend college without a TSI test and earn a Level 1 certificate.
Each certificate program is between 6 months and two years long, and the classes are all credit courses with a combination of workforce preparation and an added support course throughout the program.
When you sign up for a Level 1 college certificate using financial aid or self-financing, we support you until graduation. We provide academic and advising support with our Career Navigator and textbooks to borrow throughout your Academy program.
2019
What year did the Foster Youth Collaborative begin?
30
What is the percentage of male foster care alumni incarcerated by the age of 19?
Information provided by Angel Reach (angelreach.org)
Janel Savage
Volunteer/Event Coordinator
Angel Reach
janel.savage@angelreach.org
281-782-3548
Because of numerous distressing reasons, many children and youth in our community live away from their natural birth parents, in foster care and kinship homes. These young people are at extreme risk of life-long poverty, homelessness, substance abuse, early death, and unproductive or under-productive lives.
Angel Reach is dedicated to helping these at-risk children
and youth transition to better lives.
Community Youth Outreach Resource Center (CYO) is a collaborative initiative designed to meet the needs of youth between the ages of 16-24 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Montgomery County, Texas.
718 children were considered homeless in Conroe School district in 2018The goal is to engage, empower and support these youth in gaining the skills and experience needed to become self-sufficient adults. The CYO is a Resource Center where the youth can come to receive basic-needs services, plan their path to self-sufficiency with the help of qualified Social Workers (called Youth Coaches), and be connected with the support services provided by Angel Reach.
Prince
Who was the MC for the first annual Foster Youth Conference?
Prince, Justin Hayward, 2princehayward@gmail.com
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