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Independent Living Program (ILP)

What is the Independent Living Program?

Idaho’s Independent Living Program assists youth ages 15 to 21 develop the skills necessary to make a successful transition from foster care to independent living. Youth who have been in care for 90 cumulative days after their 15th birthday are eligible for Independent Living services.  Through the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program, the Independent Living Program accomplishes the following:

  • Helps youth transition to self-sufficiency;
  • Helps youth receive the education, training and services necessary to obtain employment;
  • Helps youth prepare for and enter postsecondary training and educational institutions;
  • Provides personal and emotional support to youth aging out of foster care through mentors and the promotion of interactions with dedicated adults;
  • Provides financial, housing, counseling, employment, education and other appropriate support and services to former foster care recipients between 18 and 21 years of age to complement their own efforts to achieve self-sufficiency and to assure that program participants recognize and accept their personal responsibility for preparing for and then making the transition into adulthood;
  • Makes available vouchers for education and training, including postsecondary education, to youth who have aged out of foster care; and
  • Provides services to youth who, after attaining 16 years of age, have left foster care for kinship guardianship or adoption.
Please click on the following links for additional Independent Living Program (ILP) Information:
ILP Eligibility
ILP Services
 
For a map of regions, click here.  
 
Independent Living Coordinators
 
 
Region
Name
Address
Phone
E-Mail
1
Kathleen Fairbanks
1250 Ironwood   
Suite 100
Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814
665-8951
2
Brad Forth
1118 “F” Street
Lewiston ID 83501
799-3460
3
Falen LeBlanc
3402 Franklin Rd.
Nampa ID 83605
455-7012
4
Miren Unsworth
 
1720 Westgate, Suite D
Boise ID 83720-0026
334-0968
5
Chris Waitley
601 Poleline Rd.
Twin Falls ID 83301
734-4000
6
Lisa Van Voorhis
1070 Hiline Road
Pocatello ID 83201
239-6200
7
LeeAnn Shaw
150 Shoup Avenue
Idaho Falls, ID 83402
528-5917
 
 
 
What is an Education and Training Voucher (ETV)?
 
The ETV Program will allow Idaho to help youth make a smoother transition to self-sufficiency and independence by providing funding that will help them receive an education, training, and services not covered by another funding source. 
 
Please click the links below for Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Eligibility Requirements and Additional Information:

 

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