One aspect of our Workmanship Initiative is our Transitional Living Apartments. These apartments will serve as a safe place for residents to live while they learn and grow into self-sufficient adults. Once completed, we will be able to provide housing for 8 males who have aged out of foster care (and 2 females through cooperation with another local ministry).
Residents will have their own private bedrooms and full bathrooms. The atmosphere will be similar to that of a dormitory. During their stay, residents will go through a life skills training course, career counseling, personal finance, and much more. They will also have jobs so they can gain workforce development skills. By the end of their time in the program, we expect graduates to be:
- Educated with a minimum of a high school diploma or GED.
- Equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to thrive as adults. They will learn life skills, personal finance, risk management, and driving skills, among other important topics and skills.
- Gainfully employed or pursuing gainful employment on exit.
- Mentally and emotionally prepared for adulthood as they gain new skills and put them into practice. They will be excited about their life; encouraged by knowing that they can indeed succeed; and energized by having a new sense of hope. This hope is what will fuel their excitement, encouragement, and energy.
- Socially prepared for adulthood as they learn to engage with people their age and the broader community, feel endeared (for maybe the first time), and elevate their life by taking it into their own hands (also for the first time).
- Spiritually prepared for adulthood by hearing and, Lord willing, responding to the Gospel of Christ. It is our hope that the hearts and minds of all graduates will be enlightened by God’s Word so they can experience the edification that only the Holy Spirit can provide.
The Transitional Living Apartments will bring transformation to those who participate. God is going to do an amazing work in the lives of those who call Raleigh’s Place home through our Workmanship Initiative.