Life Skills Development | Packs Of Love

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INSPIRED GROWTH INIATAIVE

Monthly SEL Workshops • Youth Mental Health Support • Youth Empowerment

The Inspired Growth Initiative is a trauma informed program designed to strengthen social emotional learning, emotional resilience, confidence and life skills development for youth experiencing instability in the foster care system.

Through our structured program, youth participants build the confidence, coping skills and practical tools needed to navigate adolescent and successful transition into adulthood.

80% of youth in foster care experience significant mental health challenges
Youth with foster care experience are 62% more likely to struggle with depression or PTSD
31–46% experience homelessness by age 26
Only 50% are employed by age 24
Less than 3% earn a college degree

INTENDED PROGRAM OUTCOMES

Spread L.O.V.E

Give Hope

Inspire The Heart

FACTS ABOUT YOUTH IN
FOSTER CARE MENTAL HEALTH

Why The IG Initiative Program Matters Now

We currently deliver workshops at Carlton Manor, a Pinellas County-based group home serving youth who are survivors of sex trafficking and severe trauma. Although the Inspired Growth Initiative is still expanding, our early impact demonstrates a strong need for continued and expanded program.

• 100% Youth Engagement – Participants actively engage in workshops and has expressed how they appreciate our program.

• 100% Positive Staff Feedback – Staff report increased youth confidence in goal-setting, decision-making, and report an urgent need for program expansion .

• 100% Community Need – Workshop facilitators have expressed a dire need for increased access to mental health intervention for youth in care across Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties.