Major projects

• Operation of self-reliance education programs for youth in transition
  • Camping experiences for youth in a care system and operating a self-reliance experience center
  • On- and off-line self-reliance education for youth in transition
  • Mentoring program for self-reliance

• Capacity building for workers at children’s homes
  • Providing training on capacity building for employees
  • Employee burnout prevention training

• Comprehensive housing service for youth in transition
  • Tailoring case management services to the needs of individual adolescents in transition
  • Empowerment of youth eligible for housing support
  • Training for integrated case managers in housing support
  • Consulting services for institutions responsible for housing support

• Support for aging-out of youth with borderline intellectual functioning (BIF)
  • Continuing and intensive training for teachers working with youth with BIF
  • Developing a manual for the project designed to support aging-out of youth with BIF
  • Consulting services for project participants in each area

• Building a network to support aging-out youth
  • Supporting local institutions that sponsor adolescents close to aging-out
  • Operating a comprehensive management system to support independent living
  • Researching adolescent self-reliance and publishing a manual on aging-out and statistical reports
  • Operating a consultative body in support of aging-out youth