Thru Project

Thru Project offers three housing programs for young adults with a history of foster care. These include supervised independent living (sil) for young adults ages 18-21 in extended foster care, vocational housing, and college housing. All housing programs provide fully furnished apartments, case management, and access to wrap-around services including mentoring, life skills, counseling, and occupational therapy. Vocational housing is offered during the duration of the participant's vocational certification classes. College housing lasts 1-4 years and houses students with a history of foster care attending alamo colleges, utsa, or Texas a&m university-san antonio. In fy23, 60 individuals with a history of foster care were housed, a 50% increase over fy22.

Breakthru mental wellness, a new program launched by the organization in october 2023, offers mental health services to youth and young individuals. In its first quarter, 20 individuals were serviced by the program.

The mentoring program provides youth with the resources to achieve a successful life after foster care. Youth and young adults with a history of foster care, ages 14-25, are matched with a trained volunteer who can offer consistent support and encouragement. Mentors visit their mentees in-person each month and stay in regular communication. Ongoing training is provided throughout the year and focuses on issues relevant to foster care. In fy 23, the program matched 263 youth and young adults with a trained mentor.

The phone program provides youth with a cell phone and service to maintain consistent communication with their mentors, family members, and friends and make it easy to access local resources. The cell phones also allow youth to apply for employment, find correct bus lines and locate services to help with legal, medical, educational and emergency services. Via semester bus passes are provided to youth and young adults who lack reliable transportation. Few foster youth own cars, and therfore rely on public transportation to get to work, school and appointments.life skills classes are provided bi-monthly to young adults, learning about topics sucha s healthy cooking, apartment leases, resilience, and job search skills. 175 young adults participated in these classes in fy23.