Indie-Living-Skills
Guiding today's youth in developing the skills necessary for their journey to healthy independent living.
Imagine suddenly finding yourself in a new and different world.
In this place you do not know the language, you do not have any sources for reliable information,
and when you run into issues you do not have anyone to turn to for support and guidance.
Feeling abandoned in a strange land is the reality for many of today's youth.
Indie-Living-Skills provides the tools, researched and trusted information,
compiled into an online educational resource,
focused on skills and training to help navigate successfully through life.
Think of Indie-Living-Skills as an easy access travel guide for the journey to independent living.
Indie-Living-Skills is the solution for today's young adults.
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Over 20,000 will age-out annually.
Foster care alumni face an uncertain and risky future.
Our online,
self-paced
video tutorials
empower
today's youth
on their
journey to
independent
living.
1. Healthy Mind
A Healthy Mind is a powerful tool.
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2. Healthy Body
A Healthy Body is a great home for a Healthy Mind.
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3. Healthy World
Skills to explore your Healthy World.
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4. Healthy Future
Attain a safe, secure and Healthy Future.
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FAQs ( Click on this window to close )
1. About Us:
Indie-Living-Skills.com was developed to address the needs of youth to navigate through today's world.
We provide easily accessible, researched, and trusted educational resources to guide them into independent living.
We believe all youth deserve equitable access to quality information and resources to meet their full potential,
replacing failure with opportunity, breaking generational poverty with economic stability,
and overcoming barriers using our tools for success.
Combining over 90 years of experience in human services, education, and technology,
the founders of Indie-Living-Skills.com bring a unique perspective to serving youth in today's
fast paced and rapidly changing social, economic and digital environment.
We are a 501(c)(3) Charitable Organization and registered in compliance with Minnesota Charitable Solicitation Act, MN Statute 308.50-.61.
2. How this works:
Access to the program is received through a secure log-in for each enrolled youth.
The program is separated into four skill areas with multiple related sub-areas of emphasis.
Within each sub-area i\has 1-15 related topics, building from basic to higher level skill development.
Click on the Healthy Mind, Healthy Body, Healthy World, and Healthy Future links above to view
basic information on each curriculum and overview/sample videos.
Progress through the program will be monitored through multiple aspects including:
number of components accessed, successful completion of each component, time spent in each area,
and number of times each area is revisited.
Secure access to this data will be available to the funder of the youth's enrollment.
Additional viewable and printable resources are available for the youth.