After Care Program
This voluntary program is available to graduate families and provides case management, (goal setting, budgeting, time management, life skills and parenting), assistance with childcare and legal issues, social service referrals and ongoing access to services and events.
Contact between family advocates and graduates ranges from weekly visits to monthly telephone calls; family advocates also make visits to After Care participants' homes or mothers' worksites to ensure the continuation of needed services and progress toward independent living arrangements and livable wage employment.
Breaking the cycle of dependency is Drueding Center/Project Rainbow's primary goal, and long-term support services are the key to success in this area. And although HUD subsidies only provide payment for up to six months of after care following graduation, Drueding Center/Project Rainbow continues to offer these crucial services for up to seven years.
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