MANY AT-RISK YOUTH HAVE NO PLACE TO CALL HOME
Chosen helps children heal while they wait for a loving family.
Foster care is in crisis nationwide and, today, far too many at-risk youths have no place to call home. Instead, home is wherever there is space for the night.
These are challenging placements. Many require a group home or need treatment in a psychiatric facility. Unfortunately, the demand far exceeds the supply of available beds, and these children are floundering. And waiting. Waiting for their next placement. Waiting for a loving family.
While they wait, they don’t receive even basic services, services they desperately need.
We’re losing these kids, and we shouldn’t be.
80%
Up to 80% of foster children will be diagnosed with psychiatric disorders in their lifetimes.
5x
Youth who turn 18 while in foster care experience post-traumatic stress 5x more than the general population.
TRAUMA-REPONSIVE INTERVENTION
Adaya offers a glimmer of hope
Our Adaya program helps youths without a permanent placement know they are valued and cherished. Our personnel coaches engage with these young people, not just as therapists, but as partners to help them build attachment and start a journey towards healing. Coaches are going to the youth, wherever their temporary placement is, to ensure they receive the trauma-responsive intervention they need and deserve.
life changing and lifesaving, promoting healthy relational connections
This is paramount to effectively address the impact of abuse, neglect, grief and loss.
When a placement is identified for these youth, Chosen’s staff “follow the child,” helping the transition to a family, ensuring stability and higher success rates. This essential component is critical to help youth heal in safe, loving, and permanent relationships.
We want to help youth thrive both now and in the future. The courts are taking notice, sending more referrals for Adaya’s services every single month. Adaya is currently available in Florida, Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina with future plans to expand nationwide.
Let’s give these kids connection and place to call home.
OUR APPROACH
We use the Seven Life Domains to help foster youth transition to adulthood:
- Understand history
- Build rapport
- Establish connection
- Trauma-responsive therapy
- Improve life skills
- Follow to permanent home
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