The Lighthouse Training Institute provides training and technical assistance across the country on independent living program development and a variety of child welfare and runaway and homeless youth (RHY) services topics. We are known nationally for our pioneering work in the independent living (since 1981) and transitional living (since 1990) fields and in assisting cities, counties and states in supporting transition services for older youth. Lighthouse Youth Services has also been providing services and training on treatment of sex offending youth for 20 years.

Trainings can take place in Cincinnati or at your site.

Training topics include:

• Independent living program development, operations and evaluation.
• Moving youth toward self-sufficiency: Getting the entire system involved in self-suffiency preparation
• Transitional living program development, operations and evaluation
• Starting and operating a shelter plus care program
• Operating a basic center
• Working with youth in transition with mental health issues
• Working with teen moms in transition
• Working with sex offenders in transition
• Working with correctional system youth in transition
• Helping foster parents to teach self-sufficiency skills
• Preventing staff burnout in IL/TLPs

Information regarding services of the Lighthouse Training Institute may be obtained by emailing Mark Kroner, by telephone at (513) 487-7130, or by mail at:

Lighthouse Training Institute
401 E. McMillan
Cincinnati, OH 45206

Articles:

"Another Day in the Life of an Independent Living Program--Day 5" by Mark J. Kroner

"Housing for Homeless Youth" by LaKesha P. Pope, Youth Program and Policy Analyst

Independence Day, Reader's Digest, February 2004

"Living arrangements and level of care among clients discharged from a scattered-site housing-based independent living program" by Mark J. Kroner, Alvin S. Mares, Children and Youth Services Review

"The Role of Housing in the Transition Process of Youth and Young Adults: A Twenty-Year Perspective" by Mark J. Kroner

"Thickening the Safety Net: Key Elements to Successful Independent Living Programs for Young Adults Aging out of Foster Care" by Erik S. Pitchal, Legal Studies Research Paper Series

Training and Technical Assistance has been provided for:

Action Housing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Association for the Advancement of Evidence-Based Practice
Baby's First Home, New York, New York
Baltimore Homeless Coalition
Bellefaire/Jewish Children’s Bureau. Cleveland, Ohio
Butler County, Ohio Children’s Services
Casey Family Services
Children's Home Society, Charleston, West Virginia
Cincinnati Works
Clark County Children’s Services, Las Vegas
Community Access Unlimited, Elizabeth, New Jersey
CWLA National Youth Advisory Board
Daniel Memorial Inc.
E.A.R.T.H. Shelter, Battle Creek, Michigan
Fairfield County Ohio Children’s Services
Flint, Michigan YMCA
Forward Steps, Denver, Colorado
Hamilton County Ohio Children’s Services
Healthy Teen Network
Heartland for Children, Bartow, Florida
Homeless Children's Initiative Region 4, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Homeward Homeless Coalition, Richmond Virginia
Huckleberry House Shelter, Columbus Ohio
Juneau, Alaska Youth Services
Lee County Youth Development Center, Opelika, Alabama
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries
Mathew's House, Fort Collins, Colorado
Mid-Atlantic Network for Youth
Montgomery County Ohio Children’s Services
National Alliance to End Homelessness
National Center for Housing and Child Welfare
National Governor’s Association
National Independent Living Association
National Network for Youth
New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department
Norris Adolescent Center, Mukwonago, Wisconsin
Northwest Media, Eugene, Oregon
Northwest Network for Youth
Ohio Association of Child Care Agencies
Oklahoma Department of Children’s Services
Oklahoma State Department of Mental Health
Our Kids, Miami, Florida
Project Self-Reliance, Cornville Arizona
Public Children’s Services Association of Ohio
Rise Above, Jackson, Mississippi
Sisters of Charity, Cleveland, Ohio
Sojourner Care Network, Vinton Co., Ohio
Southern Ohio Regional Training Consortium
Southwest Ohio Foster Care Coalition
Southwest Ohio Regional Training Center
St. Jude's Ranch for Children, Boulder City, NV
The California Department of Social Services: Los Angeles
The California Department of Social Services: San Francisco
The Cleveland YWCA
The Dream Tree Project, Taos, New Mexico
The National Resource Center for Youth Development
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Vision Quest Philadelphia
Whaley Children's Center, Flint, Michigan
Youth Network Council

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