Programs & sERvices
The services and resources that we offer through the I Am Tomorrow Today (IATT) Project support our efforts to end youth homelessness. The Project, developed from our five strategic focus areas, serves the homeless youth population and provides them with the skills and tools necessary to go from homeless to housed.
Housing
We provide TSH (Transitional Suupportive Housing) at the newly renovated IATT House, located at 23 E Columbia St., Evansville, IN 47711. The home can hold seven program residents. If the home is at capacity, we provide housing assistance to individuals currently experiencing homelessness, and those at-risk of homelessness, by working with local and state programs to provide housing options and financial education and assistance.
Financial Wealth Management
The long-term success of this population means providing them with the knowledge and ability to correctly manage finances. We have partnered with Old Natinal Bank , and 53 Bank, to ensure that they are taught how to manage their finances and budget for their own individual success. The program is a twelve-week course and covers the fundamentals of banking, cyber security, teaches investing and saving and provides knowledge, skills and tools they need to build a solid financial future.
Life Skills Education
Our Life Skills Education recognizes that not everyone is in the exact same place, when it comes to knowledge obtainment. What some may know, others may have no awareness of. Our program intake identifies the needs of each participant, and taylors the education to the needs of the client. Our Life Skills Education teaches basic, valuable, skills such as community resourcing, budgeting, job skills, reading, pregnant/parenting education, communication, personal safety, driving, how to obtain medical insurance, how to find a doctor/dentist/therapist, and much more.
EYAB
The EYAB (Evansville Youth Advisory Board) provides program participants with a voice and say in programs and services at the local and state level. Area youth and young adults, age 14-24 with lived-experience, have the opportunity to design programs and services that serve and fit their needs.
Transitional Foster Youth Resources
Often times, youth transition out of foster care into homelessness due to a lack of knowledge about the resources that are available to them upon transition. We educate participants, and the public, about available resources and how to access them; resources like Foster To Success, FYI (Foster Youth Initiative) Housing Vouchers, ETV (Educational Training Vouchers), CFCIP (Chafee Foster Care Independence Program) GJR (George Jr. Republic) IHBS (Ireland Home Based Services) Public Housing Initiatives, and much more, that assist transitional foster youth, those with a history of foster care, and at-risk youth and young adults and their families with a wide variety of services and financial assistance to prevent and end youth homelessness.
Needs-Based Financial Resources
Through our HESA (Housing Employment & Stability Assistance) Fund we provide financial assistance to assist with things like cell phone bills, rent/utility assistance, minor car repairs, car towing, repairs to housing to keep housed young adults housed, car payments, gas/transportation costs, birth certificates, down-payment assistance, tuition and much more. Individuals must be employed in order to receive assistance through the HESA Fund.
Medical/Dental/Vision & Mental Health
As part of our service array, we provide participants with medical, vision, dental and Mental Health care by partnering with ECHO Community Healthcare, Southwest Behavioral Health and Deaconess Health Services. Until insurance can be obtained, or even if it can’t be, we shoulder the financial costs of medical care for program participants living in the IATT House, or participating in the program to ensure that their medical needs are taken care.