Houston Strong Children Services

Workforce Development and Life Skills Programming: Houston Strong Children Services provides workforce readiness programming for youth ages 1624 to support their transition to independence along with Internships for college students. Services include job readiness training, resume writing, mock interviews, soft skills development, and access to paid internships and career exploration opportunities. Through community and corporate partnerships, participants receive individualized coaching and direct employment referrals.

Foster Care Licensing, Youth Placement & Specialized Supervision: Houston Strong Children Services is a licensed child-placing agency that recruits, trains, and licenses families to foster and adopt youth in care. The organization is responsible for the placement of children and adolescents into safe, stable foster homes that meet their emotional, behavioral, and developmental needs. HSCS licenses homes and facilitates placement and case management for youth, contributing to permanency and placement stability across the region.

Transitional Housing and Specialized Youth Supervision:Houston Strong Children Services also operates a Supervised Independent Living (SIL) program for youth aging out of foster care. These young adults, ages 1824, receive stable housing, life skills training, job readiness coaching, and therapeutic support. Additionally, HSCS provides hospital sitting services to supervise and emotionally support youth who are hospitalized while in state care, ensuring that youth who are hospitalized receive around-the-clock supervision and emotional support from trained staff.