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Smart Guide Booklets for Youth and their Parents, Adult Mentors, Coaches, or Counselors
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Workforce readiness training for youth, available in Hampton Roads and Southeastern Virginia
Smart Transitions Live, In-Person Success Skills Courses
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A self-paced, online version of our life-work portfolio course for youth and young adults. Get ready for work and life.
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Learn how to present the life-work portfolio course to youth in your care. Available only outside of HR & Southeastern VA.
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Who We Are
Ensuring our most vulnerable youth populations have hope and the skills to transition successfully to adult life and work.
At Together We Can Foundation, we are in the HOPE business. We exist to give some of our most vulnerable youth populations hope for their futures, because it is hope and optimism- a belief in the possibility of their success and confidence in their skills to achieve that success- that fuels them to achieve and succeed.
- 16+ years of experience and outcomes
- Improved high school and graduation rates.
- Increased pursuit of post-secondary education or training
- Enhanced ability to find and keep employment
- Regional reduction in rates of youth disconnection.
Outcomes and Data
Making a Difference in Youth Workforce Readiness
Over 18 years of documented, evidence-based practice in preventing youth disconnection and improving outcomes for youth struggling with the transition to adult life and work in the Hampton Roads/Southeastern VA metro area. How might our programs and resources help youth in your care?
WHO WE SERVE
Youth Struggling in Transition to Adult Life and Work
Within the Hampton Roads/Southeastern Virginia region we work to prevent youth disconnection (16 to 24, not working, not in school, and not well connected to community). We bring success skills training and resources to youth by partnering with local agencies that serve youth with risk factors such as: - having been in foster care or involved with the juvenile justice system; - experiencing family poverty or homelessness; - struggling to stay in school and graduate; - or dealing with mental or behavioral health challenges or developmental delays. Beyond our direct service region, our programs and resources could serve any youth facing challenges in the transition to adult life and work. Parents, mentors, teachers, counselors, therapists and youth-serving program staff might find our materials useful.
HOW WE CAN HELP
Within the Hampton Roads Area
Live, In-Person, Success Skills Classes Smart Guides for Youth and Parents/Mentors Smart Transitions Online
HOW WE CAN HELP
Beyond the Hampton Roads Area
Smart Guides for Youth and Parents/Mentors Smart Transitions Online Smart Transitions Instructor Certification
HOW WE CAN HELP
Within the Hampton Roads Area
- – Live, In-Person, Success Skills Classes
- – Smart Guides for Youth and Parents/Mentors
- – Smart Transitions Online
HOW WE CAN HELP
Beyond the Hampton Roads Area
- – Smart Guides for Youth and Parents/Mentors
- – Smart Transitions Online
- – Smart Transitions Instructor Certification
Testimonials
The Partners and Schools We Serve
Together We Can is more than just a name. It’s how we do what we do. The schools and youth-serving organizations we work with are critical elements in the collaborative effort to ensure the best possible outcomes in the prevention of youth disconnection.
Audra Bullock
Executive Director, Friends of Foster Care“For our teen foster youth, Smart Transitions provides essential, practical life skills, such as budgeting, employment readiness, communication, and daily decision-making, that many have never had the chance to learn.”
Uliase Jeelani
Youth Coach, ForKids“The Portfolio Workshop shows youth in our care how the experience they have working and volunteering matters. (...) I especially love the insight teens gain regarding job skills and soft skills.”
J.D. Richardson
Youth Coach, ForKids“I love that at the end of the program; they get to walk away with something tangible and very useful. Also, this program sets them apart from other teens looking for jobs.”
Lisa Webers
School Counselor, Norfolk Technical Center, Norfolk Public Schools“Through the Smart Transitions Life-Work Portfolio Course, the young people we serve gain clarity about who they are - their talents, passions, values and goals - and develop a concrete “Life-Work Plan” that helps them envision a real future”
Sarah Wray
Tidewater Youth Services“As a small nonprofit, we understand the value of partnering with “subject matter experts”. Smart Transitions staff always come prepared and are flexible in teaching our youth valuable life skills.”
Joy Speelman
Chesapeake Career Center, Chesapeake Public Schools“Regular sessions build students’ confidence, improve writing and presentation skills, and create a consistent space for feedback and revision that shows measurable progress over time.”
Hope Sinclair
Executive Director, Communities in Schools of Hampton Roads“The partnership with Together We Can Foundation/Smart Transitions has been nothing short of an endless possibility for all involved, especially our students.”
Shawn Avery
President and CEO, of Hampton Roads Workforce Council“Together We Can has implemented their Life-Work Portfolio program in a number of our Youth Programs in the region, and their outcomes are nothing short of phenomenal.”
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The Smart Transitions Life-Work Portfolio Course
Learn more about our signature program, which has positively impacted so many youth.
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If you are a VA resident, we can offer you Virginia Neighborhood Assistance Program (N.A.P.) tax credits on your personal donation of at least $500 or your business donation of at least $600. Donors receive a credit for up to 65% of their qualified contribution, which can be applied to their VA income tax liability. Learn more about NAP Tax Credit
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Quick Contact
Main Office
757-288-3231
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Mailing Address
3401 Tidewater Dr, Norfolk, VA 23509