Welcome to ILS

INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS PROGRAM

ILS is a program designed to help foster youth achieve self-sufficiency when they age out of foster care. We provide intensive life skills training and case management support. Youth are encouraged and assisted to...

• Complete high school with a diploma or GED
• Gain work readiness, job retention, and career planning skills
• Achieve a living wage and acquire money management skills
• Obtain safe and sustainable housing
• Access needed health care
• Develop sound decision making skills
• Establish permanency connections

Check out the website. Look at the links and resources. Please contact us and let us
know what we can do to help you.

Call ILS 1-866-457-4636  or  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Advice for youth from youth:

A toolkit produced by Pathways RTC provides advice for youth from youth who have transitioned out of foster care to independent living or who are preparing to transition. The toolkit is divided into two sections, (1) a section with quotes from youth concerning the life areas about which they felt underprepared or uninformed prior to their transition out of care, such as "When it comes to money, I was never told...," and (2) suggestions for young people about how to succeed in transition. A list of barriers to successful transition and a list of myths and stereotypes about foster care also are provided.

Things People Never Told Me is available on the Pathways RTC website:

http://www.pathwaysrtc.pdx.edu/pdf/proj2-ThingsNoOneToldMe.pdf

 Download the Emancipation Resource Guide 02.05.10