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INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM
The Independent Living Program provides independent living skills training for youth 16 years of age or older in DHS custody or for teens formerly in foster care.  The Division of Children and Family Services' grant amount for Independent Living was $270,940 for SFY 1999.  Some of the services provided by this program include, but were not limited to, the following:
       
Location What Was Provided Services Included Number Served
       
Statewide Annual Teen Dealing With Violence 131
  Conference Self Esteem  
    Team Building  
    Decision Making  
       
       
Statewide Casework Services Skills Assessments 382
    Transitional Plans  
    Case Coordination  
    Staffings  
       
       
Statewide Training Services Video Library Presentations 121
       
       
Area I Training and Money Management 192
  Seminars Vocational Planning  
    College Preparation  
    Employment Skills  
    Homemaking Skills  
    Purchasing Decisions  
       
       
Area II Training and Teen Sexuality 37
  Seminars Money Management  
    Homemaking Skills  
    Job Seeking Skills  
    College Preparation  
       
       
Area III Training and Vocational Planning 88
  Seminars Money Management  
    Personal Appearance  
    College Planning  
    Teamwork Training  
    Community Service  
       
       
Area IV Training and Money Management 53
  Seminars Vocational Planning  
    Homemaking Skills  
    Job Search  
    College Preparation  
       
INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM
       
Location What Was Provided Services Included Number Served
       
Area V Training and College Preparation 93
  Seminars Money Management  
    Employment Skills  
    Safety/First Aid/Emergency  
    Job Seeking Skills  
    Homemaking Skills  
       
       
Area VI Training and Job Seeking Skills 116
  Seminars Educational Planning  
    Emergency/Safety Skills  
    Homemaking Skills  
    College Preparation  
    Money Management  
       
       
Area VII Training and Money Management 28
  Seminars College Preparation  
    Job Seeking Skills  
       
       
Area VIII Training and Emergency/Safety Skills 67
  Seminars Money Management  
    College Preparation  
    Employment Skills  
       
       
Area IX Training and College Preparation 83
  Seminars Job Seeking Skills  
    Money Management  
    Interpersonal Skills  
    Educational Planning  
    Foster Parent Training  
       
       
Area X Training and Food Preparation 94
  Seminars Interpersonal Skills  
    College Preparation  
    Job Seeking Skills  
    Money Management  
    Community Resources  
    Foster Parent Training  
       
       
Statewide Client Services Apartment Start-up Items 382
    College/School Tuition  
    Vocational Tools/Clothing  
    Training Incentives  
    Books/Educational Supplies  
    Counseling  
    Child Care  
    Transportation Services  
       
Source:  Independent Living Program, Title IV-E Program Report