The East Palo Alto Teen Home, Inc., Provides a safe, nuturing, structured transitional living program for teenagers and teenage mothers betweenthe ages of 12 and 17 and their children. All residents are monitored by experienced staff members who are trained to help young women get access to various social, educational, and employment opportunities that exist within and outside of the community. Our primary goal is to help young women to become fully functioning members of the society. In order to achieve that goal, residents are involved in community services activities, pursue a course of formal academic instruction, are assigned a mentor, and adhere to an exercise and nutrition program.
The EPA Teen Home has established a set of expectations for both residents, staff and counselors. An expectation that applies to everyone is that everyone will strive towards making the Teen Home an enjoyable place in which to live. Everyone here is expected to contribute to the safety and health of our home. We do that by following our daily routine and helping each other. Everyday, members of the house will come together in a group and discuss one or all of the following topics:
How their day has gone
Any problems they might be having
How the Teen Home might provide support; and
Group help with problem solving
The EPA Teen Home has established a set of expectations for both residents, staff and counselors. An expectation that applies to everyone is that everyone will strive towards making the Teen Home an enjoyable place in which to live. Everyone here is expected to contribute to the safety and health of our home. We do that by following our daily routine and helping each other. Everyday, members of the house will come together in a group and discuss one or all of the following topics:
How their day has goneAny problems they might be havingHow the Teen Home might provide support; and Group help with problem solving |
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Our Youth Transitional Programs provide teenagers ages 16 – 17, an opportunity to develop specific skills and prepare then for the real-life challenges of living on their own. The program allows its participants to transition and emancipate from being wards of the courts, while sustaining themselves and living successfully as independent young adults. |
Once a year the East Palo Alto Teen Home hosts a fundraiser, The Positive Image Awards, to enable residents and selected youth from the community to visit some of the historically black colleges and universities. The youth from the community are selected through an essay contest. The residents are involved in every facet of the planning of the fundraiser and the trip.
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The East Palo Alto Teen Home Inc., was established in 1992 to meet the need of children in crisis without safe homes, especially, teenage mothers and girls in the country and state foster care system. The East Palo Alto Teen Home Inc. was the first of its kind in East Palo Alto. In June 2005, we recieved the license for our Transitional Home program to accomodate 18 year old teenagers.
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