Program areas at Monroe Harding
Monroe Harding's foster care program provides children in state custody with safe, trauma-informed care homes while they await permanency, either through reunification with birth family or adoption. Mh begins by identifying and recruiting foster care families and assisting them in offering healing homes through family and group opportunities supporting the foster & birth families to determine the youth's best options for successful growth. Specific outcomes include satisfaction as well as youth meeting individual goals. In fy2023, we served 75 young people in our 34 foster homes.
Monroe Harding's resource center provides vulnerable young adults (age 16-26) a safe space and opportunities to discover and create a selfdetermined future. We provide therapeutic services, financial literacy classes, educational support, sexual health education, community resource connection, parenting classes and workforce development services for young adults. In fy2023, Monroe Harding served 310 young adults.
Monroe Harding's supportive housing services provides safe, affordable housing and therapeutic services for youth (age 18-26), who would otherwise be homeless, as they heal from past trauma. Services include mental health services, opportunities for post high school education, short-term and long-term goal setting, and participation in supplemental programs as they plan a journey to self-sufficiency. Specific outcomes include satisfaction as well as youth meeting individual goals. In fy2023, Monroe Harding served 68 young adults.