Independent Living

It's My Life: Housing: A resource guide for child welfare professionals to help young people prepare to find, get, and keep housing

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Published in 2005, It's My Life: Housing provides useful information for
child welfare professionals and others who work with youth transitioning to adulthood and independent living.

It's My Life: Housing provides:

• An abundance of Web links to online resources
• Practical strategies to help young people find, get, and keep
  housing
• Developmentally appropriate strategies for adolescents to young
  adults

It's My Life: Housing provides several recommendations and corresponding strategies to help young people get and keep safe, affordable housing:

• Start early to build a strong foundation of life skills education
  and practice
• Explore housing options and finances with young people
• Make and implement a housing plan that includes contingencies, and follow up 
• Develop housing connections in your community to benefit young people transitioning from care

It's My Life: Housing was published in 2005 by Casey Family Programs.