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Because of numerous distressing reasons, many children and youth in our community live away from their natural birth parents, in foster care and kinship homes. These young people are at extreme risk of life-long poverty, homelessness, substance abuse, early death, and unproductive or under-productive lives.
- Thirty percent of male foster care alumni are incarcerated by 19 years of age.
- Nearly half of all girls who lived in foster care are pregnant by age 19, many producing children who join the cycle of abuse and neglect.
Angel Reach is dedicated to helping these at-risk children
and youth transition to better lives.
Community Youth Outreach Resource Center (CYO) is a collaborative initiative designed to meet the needs of youth between the ages of 16-24 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Montgomery County, Texas.
718 children were considered homeless in Conroe School district in 2018
The goal is to engage, empower and support these youth in gaining the skills and experience needed to become self-sufficient adults. The CYO is a Resource Center where the youth can come to receive basic-needs services, plan their path to self-sufficiency with the help of qualified Social Workers (called Youth Coaches), and be connected with the support services provided by Angel Reach.
Angel Reach’s Transitional Living Program offers young adults who have aged out of foster care a safe, temporary residence as they transition into society. Each year 200-300 youth age out of foster care in the greater Houston area. The majority of these young people lack the necessary life skills to make the next steps to becoming productive adults.
- Nearly 50% of these young people end up homeless because they have no support system.
- Over 50% do not have a job.
- Many have not graduated from high school.
- Additionally, most do not have a driver’s license, basic life skills, or a life plan.
Angel Reach offers GED tutoring, job opportunities, life skills training, and assists in helping these youth develop a life plan that will provide them with the necessary skills to become productive adults, enhancing their lives and our community.
Angel Reach’s Kinship Care Program assists kinship placement families. When a child is removed from a home and placed with a relative, their caregivers receive no assistance from governmental agencies – this is a Kinship family. Angel Reach assists these families with their day-to-day living needs, including emergency food, clothing, furniture, and home repairs. We also provide referrals to community resources and caregiver support groups and host special holiday events.
The goal of Angel Reach is to help children and young adults achieve their full potential in spite of the obstacles placed on them by providing the following services.
- Employment Assistance
- Education Advising
- Counseling
- Mentoring
- Tutoring
- Resources
- Support Groups
History: Founded in Conroe, Texas, as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization by foster and adoptive parents Sandra Carpenter and Deborah Zempel, Angel Reach was originally created to help fellow foster parents provide for the ever-changing needs of the children that would come and go in their homes. In 2004, the Kinship Program was launched in Montgomery County when it became apparent that Angel Reach’s services were desperately needed by the caregivers in this program. In 2011, the Transitional Living program was created to assist youth aging out of foster care.