Opportunities-PA: Difference between revisions

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"Helping Homeless Young Adults Become Self-Sufficient", OPPORTUNITIES-PA is a nonprofit organization that Educates, Equips, Empowers, and Encourages homeless and other at-risk youth to reach their academic potential and professional goals by offering them supportive services and stable housing.

OPPORTUNITIES-PA provides life coaching, mentoring, career counseling, educational support, and housing assistance. Creating OPPORTUNITIES-PA OPPORTUNITIES-PA was founded in April 2008, by Justina Shaw to bridge the gap homeless youth experience transitioning from adolescence to adulthood. Ms. Shaw identified a void locally and nationally in organizations providing supportive services to homeless adolescents ages 16-25. Existing programs also lacked training to educate program participants on how to become self-sufficient.

OPPORTUNITIES-PA provides supportive housing, life skills preparation, career counseling, and educational training to youth ages 18-25. Through mentorship, goal setting, and financial literacy training, OPPORTUNITIES-PA residents are equipped with the necessary skills to become self-sufficient adults.

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+"Helping Homeless Young Adults Become Self-Sufficient",
+OPPORTUNITIES-PA is a nonprofit organization that Educates, Equips, Empowers, and Encourages homeless and other at-risk youth to reach their academic potential and  professional goals by offering them supportive services and stable housing.
-OPPORTUNITIES is a nonprofit organization that Educates, Equips, Empowers, and Encourages homeless and other at risk youth and young adults to achieve their academic potential and professional goals by offering them supportive services and stable housing.
+OPPORTUNITIES-PA provides life coaching, mentoring, career counseling, educational support, and housing assistance.
+Creating OPPORTUNITIES-PA
+OPPORTUNITIES-PA was founded in April 2008, by Justina Shaw to bridge the gap homeless youth experience transitioning from adolescence to adulthood.  Ms. Shaw identified a void locally and nationally in organizations providing supportive services to homeless adolescents ages 16-25.  Existing programs also lacked training to educate program participants on how to become self-sufficient.
-OPPORTUNITIES aims to enable homeless youth ages 18 to 25 to successfully transition from adolescence to adulthood. OPPORTUNITIES prepares youth to be self-sufficient adults through four guiding principles: EDUCATE, EQUIP, EMPOWER,and ENCOURAGE.
+OPPORTUNITIES-PA provides supportive housing, life skills preparation, career counseling, and educational training to youth ages 18-25. Through mentorship, goal setting, and financial literacy training, OPPORTUNITIES-PA residents are equipped with the necessary skills to become self-sufficient adults.</blockquote>
-OPPORTUNITIES currently provides mentoring and life coaching to young people residing in Philadelphia area shelters. <br>
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