Huschka House | PO BOX 774 | Johnson City, TN 37605
Helping young adults live
self-sufficient & successful lives
Our Program
Did You Know?
- 500 +/- kids age out of foster care each year in Tennessee
- 16-27% of them are homeless within the first two years
- Youth who have experienced chronic trauma may lack basic life and decision making skills
- 40% of young adults move back home even if it had been abusive or unhealthy.
- Researchers agree that brain development continues through age 25.
- There is a cyclical, generational affect of trauma which can derail a youth’s ability to live independently.
We help them with:
- Affordable housing
- Life Skills
- Case management
- Counseling services
They help themselves by:
- Identifying personal and professional goals
- Working and saving money to transition to fully independent living
- Going to school
- Learning to live cooperatively in an unsupervised setting
- Learning life skills
- Attending weekly house meetings