An Aftercare Transitional Living Home for At-Risk Youth

A Problem: Delinquent at-risk youth upon leaving a juvenile correctional facility are all too often faced with the crisis of having no place to go, having no place to call home. 

Their parents have become disinterested and have abandoned them, or, their home is so dysfunctional that the courts say they cannot return home.  This very real crisis causes them to feel they have no hope.

Transitional living for these youth is very limited and faith-based transitional living facilities in Texas are non-existent, most of these youth find themselves placed into Texas Youth Commission facility until the age of 18 and often to the age of 21. However, many of these youth end up back in jail as career criminals.  Occasionally, the court system will step in and remand a youth into the custody of a foster parent, hoping this will provide the kind of support and community interaction that has been missing in the youth’s life.

A Solution: The Discovery Farm project a faith-based residential transitional living model for these youth between the ages of  16 - 19 years old.