VOICES brings together more than 40 partnering agencies to provide housing, education, employment and wellness services to transitioning youth, ages 16-24. Created and run by former foster youth, VOICES is the first organization of its kind in the nation.
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With your support, we can help more emancipated foster youth access the resources they need to become healthy, successful, contributing adults.
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Making a Difference
Each year, we serve approximately 1,200 youth emancipating out of foster care, group homes, mental health, and probation. The services that we provide help these youth successfully transition into independent adulthood, while providing them with a loving community and place to call home. Find out more >>
VOICES News
Bella Ortega didn't spend her 18th birthday with family or friends. Instead, she was locked up in a Sonoma County Juvenile Hall cell on a violation charge, thinking hard about how she'd ended up in such a low place on such an important occasion....
There was a very special Christmas holiday event for the youth of VOICES (Voice Our Independent Choices for Emancipation Support) on Thursday, Dec. 20, put on by Chef Susie Pope of Cedar Gables Inn and the Napa Women’s Club Evening Edition (NWCEE)....
For most young adults, becoming teenagers and preparing to move out on their own is an exciting time, but for those that have to face the adult world without resources it can be quite a different experience.
Youth that have grown up in foster care...
Voice of change - The Napa Solano Psychological Association named VOICES as the 2012 awardee for outstanding contribution to mental health in the local community. VOICES, located in both Napa and Santa Rosa, provides services for young adults...
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Our Staff
Things I love:
Music, art, colors in a sky, a beautiful day with a nice blue sky and some music...
My hometown
Vallejo, California
Last great book I read:
The Street Lawyer by John Grisham
Where I’...
Most recent discovery:
That a place like VOICES even exists!
My favorite food:
Mexican and Italian...
