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Kids Above All's Emerge Program helps young adults in the city of Chicago and Lake County, between the ages of 18 and 24, who are experiencing homelessness to achieve self-sufficiency through housing support and case management.Emerge in Chicago offers both transitional and rapid rehousing for youth ages 18-24. Kids Above All's Emerge Program in Lake County provides rapid rehousing to youth ages 18-24. Both program accept both individuals or youth with children of their own. In additional to housing, Kids Above All also provides wrap-around services.
Shelter's Transitional Living Program (TLP) is a two-year, voluntary program for young people ages 17-21 who are assigned male at birth. It helps residents achieve self-sufficiency and independence.Young people join TLP because they want to lead the everyday, healthy, productive life they were denied through no fault of their own. They often come to TLP lacking the basic life skills that most take for granted, like budgeting finances, applying for a job, grocery shopping, or even doing the laundry. TLP teaches these and other vital, foundational lessons.
Foster Care programs are designed to find safe, secure, and nurturing homes for children who cannot live with their families. Services offered: - Licensing, training, and becoming a foster parent. - Stable foster placements for children and adolescents. - Specialized care plans for youth with special needs (mental, behavioral, medical, and developmental). - Independent living opportunity for older adolescents to transition from foster care to an independent lifestyle. - Finding permanent solutions for children in foster care (returning to biological parents, kinship/guardianship, and adoption).

Services

Foster Home Placement
Case/Care Management
Foster Home Licensing
Supervised Living for Older Youth
Therapeutic Foster Homes

Offers help for older youth to transition to living on their own. Youth acquire practical living skills and are helped with the move from system dependence to independence.

Transitional Living: Guides youth ages 17.5 to 21 years old towards independence and self-sufficiency such as attending school, seeking employment and more.
This collaborative project serves transition-aged youth (age 18-24) experiencing homelessness or housing instability. Barriers are address that limit access to housing, such as income, lack of education, background, or discrimination. Tailored services provide a path to independent living through transitional and rapid-re-housing models.
Kids Above All's Emerge Program helps young adults in the city of Chicago and Lake County, between the ages of 18 and 24, who are experiencing homelessness to achieve self-sufficiency through housing support and case management.Emerge in Chicago offers both transitional and rapid rehousing for youth ages 18-24. Kids Above All's Emerge Program in Lake County provides rapid rehousing to youth ages 18-24. Both program accept both individuals or youth with children of their own. In additional to housing, Kids Above All also provides wrap-around services.
The Youth Housing and Advocacy program prevents substitute care placement by providing housing assistance and advocacy. In addition, youth who are aging out of foster care are served, helping to find affordable housing for successful independent living.
Case management designed for adolescents who are at risk of becoming homeless upon emancipation from DCFS. Services include assistance with locating/maintaining housing, employment, and other items necessary to sustain independence within the community.
Helps older youth transition to living on their own. Youth acquire practical living skills and are helped with the move from system dependence to independence.