Residential & Youth Services

The overarching goal of Family Links Residential is to reduce negative outcomes such as homelessness, criminal justice involvement, and poverty among Opportunity Youth, while simultaneously promoting positive development. Specifically, the program aims to stabilize youth through programming and therapeutic services; increase their access to employment, education, and vocational pathways; build skills necessary for independent living; and foster a sense of purpose, community, and self-worth. Prosocial development is central to the model, and the program will work to strengthen identity, enhance relationship-building, and cultivate civic responsibility.