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In 2004, community leaders from various agencies that support foster youth in Napa County came together to formally address the question: what happens to foster youth after they leave the system? They quickly discovered that the challenges facing these youth were insurmountable – and the services they were receiving insufficient.
They gathered over 100 representatives from various agencies and created a task force to address this problem. The idea of V.O.I.C.E.S. was born, in order to centralize the resources available to transitioning foster youth in Napa. On The Move proposed that the best way to develop this program was to have youth at the middle, working in collaboration with adults. In the summer of 2005 ten youth, all of whom had spent time in the foster care system, were recruited to become founders of V.O.I.C.E.S. and give a powerful voice to Napa foster youth. After a period of three tiring months, the founding youth hosted a grand opening, opening the doors to V.O.I.C.E.S. on November 22, 2005. V.O.I.C.E.S. immediately began to empower youth by utilizing holistic services through out their transitions, while building a loving community to call home. |
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