Gateway’s Independent Living Program
At Gateway, we believe everyone deserves to enter the adult world with the tools necessary to succeed. And that’s the goal of our Independent Living Program. Through this program, we offer young adults the opportunity to learn about the world in a realistic, yet supportive environment. We provide the role modeling, life-skills training and assistance we hope will help these at-risk young people become contributing, stable adults.

How It Works

• Program participants live independently in agency-leased apartments.
• Qualified Gateway staff provides regular life-skills training and support and is available 24-hours a day to provide emergency assistance.
• Participants must be in school or employed, and must gradually demonstrate the ability to assume full responsibility for their daily lives.

Services Provided
In order to make the transition a successful one, participants must learn the skills they need to function in the adult world. To accomplish this and to help residents become independent and responsible adults, we offer a variety of educational programs designed to teach them the following:

• Managing a budget
• Seeking and holding a job
• Learning how to use public transportation
• Shopping for quality and value
• Maintaining a clean living space
• Planning and cooking nutritious meals
• Establishing a community support system
• Parenting for teen mothers and fathers