Family Care Network, Inc. (FCNI), a transitional housing provider in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties has developed a transition-planning tool to help young people prepare for successful, self-sufficient lives. The Lifebook is an evidence-based workbook, developed by FCNI that provides a step-by-step guided journey through several areas of life with practical, achievable activities under each step. These life domains include: Planning & Organizing, Educational Achievement, Employment & Career, Community Supports, Personal Living, Finance & Savings, and Health & Safety.
The categories are progressive, and can start as a conversation with a young person and advance to independent activities. Each category is exhaustive in covering the important topics, and includes web-based resources and space for youth to write directly into the workbook. Jim Roberts, FCNI’s Executive Director reports that their youth really like using the Lifebook – “they have found it to be realistic and doable. The youth who complete it have not only gained important life skills, but have earned some real bragging rights.”
The Lifebook is available for purchase on FCNI’s website, where they also display sample pages.
