Fostering Acadia

Fostering Acadia's mission is to foster hope, change, and futures of youth seeking an independent living arrangement. Fostering Acadia is an independent living arrangement serving youth ages 17-21. It is an apartment-style program that assists youth with daily living skills, employment, and education support. Using case management logs, monthly reports, ISP's, and quarterlies, Fostering Acadia implements service goals and objectives for each youth. Service goals and objectives can include: counseling, employment, education, transportation, finances, and permanency. Fostering Acadia utilizes the Casey Life Skills Assessment as one of its main measuring tools for youth outcomes. During the tax year, Fostering Acadia served 70 youth, over an average stay of 302 days. During this year, 31 youths in the program obtained their first car through Fostering Acadia's Car Incentive Program. During this time, 97% of the enrolled youth increased their independent living skills, as measured by comparison to their ISP, Casey Life Skills Assessments and FAPT goals. Also during this time, 91% of youth increased their independent living skills, 94% of youth obtained employment, and 83% of youth stayed under their monthly budgets.

During the year, Fostering Acadia provided support to other organizations with similar goals (Youth Advocacy) through donations to their programs.