EDUCATION

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"Education is the most powerful weapon with which you can change the world." 
​Nelson Mandela

A major component of the program is to help young adults determine their goals to further their education. It is important that we meet them where they are while also encouraging them to explore higher education. The main goal is to instill in them a love of learning and not just focused on the attainment of a degree.

Many of our young adults find that when they are in the company of our staff and volunteers the thought of going to college appears more desirable and attainable. We ask former foster youth to come back and share what they have learned to motivate the foster youth still in the system. It is easier to stay or get back on track while still in high school than to go back and try to get back on track once a young adult has aged out.

We encourage all of our young adults to complete their high school equivalency as soon as possible. Mostly for the sense of satisfaction that they receive and from there many take the next steps to keep setting larger and larger goals for themselves. We connect current and former foster youth to the many resources available to them including grants and scholarships, bridge programs, study tips, field trips to local campuses, connections to Guardian Scholar programs on campus at most colleges and universities and bring in speakers including former foster youth who have graduated with their Associates, Bachelors and Masters degrees.  ​

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