expect to support their children up to age 28 (financially or otherwise), with the majority believing that 19 year olds do not have the necessary skills and resources to live independently, and will need the support of their families through their twenties. Options Community Services has a life skills program, employment program, a parenting program, and youth transition workers available for youth after they turn 19. For many young people like Sharon, Options becomes a lifeline, helping to remove what seems to be an insurmountable barrier, giving them a way out of crisis, and providing hope for their
immediate future. With that in hand, and knowing that help is there, they can begin to cultivate the dreams they didn’t think were possible.
* 2016 McCreary Centre Society report “Surrey Youth Aging Out of Care”
“Of course!” NICHOLE OSBORNE OCS PROGRAM MANAGER, GROWING TOGETHER
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