Ready, LifeSet, Go!
Join us on January 14, 2025
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Ready, LifeSetTM, Go! is an online giving event fueling the journey for young people transitioning from foster care to adulthood. Just like a green light at an intersection, LifeSet empowers them to move forward confidently, breaking through roadblocks and navigating barriers. Every dollar raised helps pave the way for these young people, providing essential support and resources to guide them on the road to independent living.
On any given day, LifeSet serves more than 350 young people in Middle Tennessee. Typically, these youth exit foster care with no family support, no financial resources, and have the highest rates of homelessness, unemployment, addiction, incarceration, and untreated mental health needs. Additionally, these youth experience chaotic educational backgrounds creating many hurdles to future success. Nationwide, only 25% of these youth attend secondary education and only 4% graduate. The program works to prevent these outcomes by eliminating barriers to help these young people find lasting success.
How can I help?
“When it comes to my goals, I’m in the driver’s seat, and my LifeSet specialist is guiding me there.”
- Jahlin, LifeSet participant and Scholar
Your support puts young people in the driver’s seat of their own lives, empowering them to steer confidently toward their full potential.
Donate today and help our team go the extra mile as they support these young people:
$50 provides hygiene items (shampoo, soap, deodorant, toothbrush, toothpaste, toilet paper, laundry detergent, cleaning supplies, etc.)
$100 supports transportation (bus passes, Uber gift cards, etc.) to help young people get to work, school, interviews, health appointments, etc.
$250 provides a grocery gift card for kids waiting for their food stamps
$500 provides a bed and bedding for kids leaving their foster home and entering independent living (mattress, box spring, frame, pillows, sheets, comforter)
$1,000 provides one month of housing and rental assistance for youth exiting foster care
$5,000 will FUND A DREAM! Support at this level will help a kid go to college and cover costs to allow them to pursue their education (laptop, books, meal plan, lab fees, tuition, housing, childcare, etc.).
Round up your caravan!
It takes all of us to support these young peoples’ journeys. Start fundraising to get your community involved in LifeSet in three easy steps:
- Register to create a page
- Set a goal and customize your page
- Spread the word and invite people to donate!
Create a Fundraising Page
More Ways To Give
Details for giving through a Donor Advised Fund:
Youth Villages Foundation Inc.
3320 BROTHER BLVD
Memphis, TN 38133
EIN: 62-1652079
Purpose/Description: #RLG! (example) of MTN LifeSet, etc
Give by Check:
Make checks out to Youth Villages, and mail them to
Youth Villages
Attn: Rae Ryan
3310 Perimeter Hill Dr
Nashville, TN 37211
How does LifeSet help?
LifeSet works to prevent these outcomes by empowering young people to overcome their challenges and make a successful transition into adulthood. These young people are paired with a clinically trained specialist, and together, they identify potential barriers and map out a personal path to success. Specialists meet face-to-face with participants weekly, are available 24-7 for crisis support, and help participants find safe housing, achieve stable employment and financial well-being, continue their education or obtain job training, build healthy adult support systems, acquire valuable life skills, and learn to manage their physical and mental health issues.
LifeSet works
Last year, our outcomes at one-year post-discharge included 91% of youth living with family or independently, 98% of youth in school, graduated, and/or employed, and 92% of youth with no new legal involvement.
Please consider making a gift today and even setting up a peer-to-peer fundraiser to share with your family and friends.
Your Support is Needed!
Ready, LifeSet, Go! for young people in Middle Tennessee!
Donate Now OR Create a Fundraising Page
Most of the programs at Youth Villages are subsidized through government contracts with the state of Tennessee, however, LifeSet is a privately funded program by foundations, companies, and individuals. One hundred percent of the donations that Ready, LifeSet, Go raises will directly benefit the young people in the LifeSet program.
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