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Programs
We have two programs that help us to accomplish our mission, TRIPS and My Friend’s House. Through these programs we are able to change the lives of children and young adults who are in need of help.
TRIPS
Transitional Resources In Preparation for Success was founded in 2001 to help young adults who wish to live independently, but don’t have the skills or knowledge to succeed on their own. This program guides pregnant, parenting, and homeless young adults, ages 18 to 21, towards becoming responsible and productive members of the community. Services include:
- Residential and non-residential programs
- Case management
- Counseling
- Educational assistance (tutoring, high school re-enrollment, GED program completion, and help with the college application process)
- Employment assistance (access to job placement services and networking opportunities, resume writing assistance, and interviewing skills)
- Life coaching
Would you like to help a young adult in the TRIPS program to find a job?
“Do you know of any companies that are hiring? Does your company have a potential job opening for a young adult working hard to make a change in his/her life?”
Please let us know on our TRIPS job hotline.
Success Story
A Life Changed
Not long ago Justin, a young man with Asperger’s syndrome, came to stay in our TRIPS program housing. Asperger’s syndrome is a form of autism in which the patient is highly functional and very intelligent, but virtually devoid of social skills.
When Justin was 17, his mother decided she couldn’t handle his disease anymore and threw him out of the house, leaving him on the streets. Children with Asperger’s often do not have any friends, and Justin was no exception. As a result, he had no place to go.
Being pretty resourceful, he started getting on a city bus and riding all night long. He would get off in the morning and go to school and work (yes, he maintained a job during all of this) and then get back on the bus. He lived on that bus for three months until the bus driver found City House and brought him to live in our TRIPS program shelter.
We helped him get his ID, finish school, take the S.A.T. and apply to various colleges. After 10 months with us, this child who seemed destined for a life on the streets, boarded the bus again, this time headed to the University of Kentucky! Full of self-confidence and a new sense of self-worth, he waved to his case manager as he rode off to his bright new future.
Justin is a life redirected. Justin is a life saved. He now has every chance and opportunity in the world… and he knows it!
