STRIVE aims to increase long-term employment for young adults aging out of foster care in Wilkes Barre by reaching out to local foster homes and employers, having certified staff help participants find suitable careers, and allowing individuals to freely explore different career paths. By helping them find steady jobs with room for growth and guaranteed income, STRIVE hopes to give these individuals a more promising future and the opportunity to achieve the American Dream. Statistics show that without intervention, many such young adults face bleak futures including lack of education, lower employment rates, homelessness, and other challenges.

1. Striving towards a brighter tomorrow

2. STRIVE's Purpose: Increase long
term employment in young adults
aging out of foster care in the Wilkes
Barre area

3. How will STRIVE achieve this?
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Reach out to foster homes in the Wilkes Barre
area through the Children's Service Center
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Work with local employers to hire individuals
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Participants will sit down with certified staff to
find a career that suits them personally
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Allow the individuals to explore many different
career paths freely

4. By helping these individuals get
onto a career path, we are giving
them a more promising future.
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Steady job
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Room to improve within their field
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Guaranteed income
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Success
In aiding these individuals to find a job in
which they can be successful, we are giving
them opportunity to truly achieve the
American Dream.

5. Why young adults within foster
care?
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Looking at statistics dealing with young adults
aging out of the foster care system, as a whole,
many futures look bleak
•Nearly 25% were found not to have a high school
diploma or a GED
•About 48% were working as opposed to the 72% of
peers that had not been in the foster care system
•Nearly 40% had been homeless since leaving
foster care
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We understand that not all situations are alike

6. Budget Overview

7. STRIVE is looking to change the
future for the young adults in foster
care in the Wilkes Barre area by
providing new opportunities in the
work force.