
This is an excellent local project that we can help support!
Youth Connections is a resource center for those who are between the ages of 18 and 23 and have previously been in foster care. Monroe Harding, which is the overarching organization, is the only transitional program in Middle Tennessee accredited for providing youth independent living services along with social development and family preservation services. Youth Connections provides assistance with housing, employment, wellbeing, education, life skills education, financial literacy and an onsite thrift store. The center is located on 1330 Foster Avenue in Nashville, TN and participants can choose to partake in group classes or receive individualized assistance.
Youth Connections is partnering with Bongo in hopes of creating a self sustainable income. Every four months, an intern will be hired from the youth participants at Youth Connections to take on the coffee project. The youth will assist in marketing, graphic design, and sale of the coffee we are selling. Part of the proceeds of every bag sold goes directly to programs at Youth Connections such as Opportunity Passport™. Opportunity Passport™ helps participants learn financial management; obtain experience with the banking system; save money for education, housing, health care, and other specified expenses; and gain streamlined access to educational, training, and vocational opportunities.
Please visit our website at www.tnyouthconnections.net
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