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INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM & EXTENDED FOSTER CARE PROGRAM, COUNTY OF VENTURA, HUMAN SERVICE AGENCY (HSA)

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• Description: Offers support services for in-care transitional-age youth, youth who have already aged out, or emancipated from foster care. Services include
  • Housing
  • Education
  • Mentoring
  • Self-sufficiency skills
  • Basic living skills
  • Case management
  
  The Extended Foster Care Program allows youth to stay in foster care until age 21, as long as they meet eligibility requirements. Program is voluntary. Emancipated youth decides if they want to stay in foster care. Anyone interested will need to meet with their social worker or probation officer, go to court, and continue to meet the eligibility requirements.
• Website: https://www.ventura.org/human-services-agency/foster-transitional-age-youth/
• Email: HSA-ILP@Ventrua.org
• Phone(s): (805) 654-3444
• Hours: Mon 8am - 5pm; Tue 8am - 5pm; Wed 8am - 5pm; Thu 8am - 5pm; Fri 8am - 5pm;
• Eligibility: -Independent Living Program -Youth between 15 to 18 years of age in an open dependency case.
  
  -Extended Foster Care Program(an extension of the Independent Living Program) - At age 18, the youth can decide to remain in foster care until the age of 21. They need to meet eligibility criteria and maintain monthly contact, in-person contact, with their social worker.
• Requirements: Case management referral from the ongoing social worker to the YSD Unit.
• Areas Served:
  • Ventura United States
• Categories:
  • Independent Living Skills Instruction
  • Supervised Living for Older Youth
  • Case/Care Management
• Contacts:

Location(s)

Location Name: VENTURA CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES CENTER

• Accessibility: Fully accessible to individuals using mobility aids
• Physical Address: 4651 Telephone Road, Suite 300, Ventura, CA, 93003