Youth Transitional Living Services

2020 NACo Achievement Award Winner

Bernalillo County, N.M., NM

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About the Program

Category: Children and Youth (Best in Category)

Year: 2020

Bernalillo County’s youth transitional living services ensure that transition age youth who are precariously housed or homeless and have a behavioral health condition or addiction diagnosis remain engaged in community services and housed. Services may include independent living supports, housing search and placement, vocational training, employment assistance, educational advancement, mental health and substance abuse treatment, financial empowerment, life skills, identity formation, and service coordination. Services are targeted to transition age youth ages 14-24 who are at risk.

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