TURNING
POINT
Turning
Point is designed to provide vocational and
independent living skills for older adolescents
enabling them to become self-sufficient adults
and decrease their dependency on social
services. Older adolescents can make a turn
in their lives toward success.
Facts
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Turning
Point, a transitional living program, provides
a residential and vocational training program
for older adolescents ages 17 to 21. |
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The
program provides vocational training skills
and support services to assist homeless
and at-risk youth in making a smooth transition
to self-sufficiency. |
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Referrals
to Turning Point come through the Department
of Family & Children Services and the Department
of Juvenile Justice. |
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Turning
Point Statistics
Statistical Data for January 1, 2008 - December
31, 2008
| Clients
Served: |
22 |
| |
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| Gender: |
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| Female |
8 |
| Male |
14 |
| |
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| Race: |
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| African American |
17 |
| Caucasian |
5 |
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| Age: |
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| 17 |
16 |
| 18-19 |
6 |
| Reason For Placement: |
| Homeless |
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Why
We Are Here
Over at Turning Point, a young woman is moving after almost a year in the program. Like the other Turning Point clients, she would have been homeless had The Center not taken her in. She held a part-time restaurant job while working on her high school diploma. After having the opportunity to choose among several local colleges, she is moving into an apartment and beginning her first college classes. She’s received three scholarships that are making all of this possible
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