{"id":392435,"date":"2023-07-14T18:44:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T18:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/?page_id=392435"},"modified":"2025-04-23T20:18:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T20:18:37","slug":"get-involved","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/get-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Involved &#8211; After Eighteen"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"392435\" class=\"elementor elementor-392435\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3645d9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3645d9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0996bc0 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class=\"elementor-item\">Human Services Agency<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392409\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">After 18 &#8211; Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-392410\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\">Emerging Adults<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392415\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/about-after-18\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">About After 18<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392412\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/education\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">Education<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392417\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/employment\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">Employment<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392420\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/health\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">Health<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392422\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/housing\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">Housing<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392424\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/transportation\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">Transportation<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392426\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/resources-links\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392428\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/contact-us\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Contact Us<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-392430\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\">Community<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392432\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/about-ab12\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">About AB12<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item 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class=\"elementor-menu-toggle\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Menu Toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--open eicon-menu-bar\"><\/i><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--close eicon-close\"><\/i>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-nav-menu--dropdown elementor-nav-menu__container\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-2-0996bc0\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-392408\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Human Services Agency<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392409\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">After 18 &#8211; Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-392410\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">Emerging Adults<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392415\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/about-after-18\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">About After 18<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392412\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/education\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Education<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392417\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/employment\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Employment<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392420\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/health\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Health<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392422\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/housing\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Housing<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392424\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/transportation\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Transportation<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392426\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/resources-links\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392428\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/contact-us\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Contact Us<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-392430\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">Community<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392432\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/about-ab12\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">About AB12<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392434\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/after-18-foster-parents\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">After 18 Placement Options And Foster Parents<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392436\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/get-involved\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Get Involved<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392438\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/frequently-asked-questions\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392439\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/ilp-youth\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">ILP Youth<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0177729 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0177729\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cbdc57 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5cbdc57\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d43a2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d43a2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Get Involved - After Eighteen<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae03f77 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ae03f77\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52fab80 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"52fab80\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7b81f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7b81f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 role=\"heading\" data-uw-rm-heading=\"level\"><strong>Getting Involved with Emerging Adults<\/strong><\/h2><p>While some emerging adults may seek a standard landlord-tenant relationship, others may seek living arrangements that offer a stronger relationship with an adult, thereby providing more opportunities for mentorship, understanding, and support during the transition to independence.<\/p><p>Community members who aren\u2019t foster parents and are interested in exploring the various options for helping emerging adults are encouraged to view our\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/strengtheningvcfamilies.org\/become-a-resource-parent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"online Resource Family Orientation - opens in new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\">online Resource Family Orientation<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0or attend a two-hour Informational Meeting. This meeting offers basic information about the child welfare system and the unique circumstances some foster youth face.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef66daf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ef66daf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86274c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86274c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Supervised Independent Living Placements<\/strong><\/h2><p>Emerging adults who have good independent living skills can be approved to enter into Supervised Independent Living \u2013 Extended Foster Care. Under this arrangement, the emerging adults will receive a monthly payment from the County, and may select any apartment or house (such as yours) that they would like, as long as the property meets basic health and safety standards.<\/p><p>The emerging adults will be responsible for participating in interviews with prospective landlords, asking questions to assess the security of the home, and making housing decisions that are in line with their financial, transportation, and other goals. Children &amp; Family Services social workers will be available to coach emerging adults as they make their decisions and to help facilitate conversations, if needed, with potential landlords.<\/p><p>Each emerging adult may reach a different financial agreement with his\/her landlord. For example, one rental agreement may lay out a plan for the emerging adult to pay a portion of his\/her monthly payment from the County to the landlord as rent. Another rental agreement may outline a sliding scale for rent that depends on the emerging adult\u2019s work earnings or school expenses. Similarly, rental agreements will vary in the way that issues such as noise levels, parking, and pets are addressed.<\/p><p>For further information,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/after-eighteen\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"please contact us - opens in new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\">please contact us<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\/*! elementor &#8211; v3.15.0 &#8211; 20-08-2023 *\/ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title&gt;a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} Get Involved &#8211; After Eighteen Getting Involved with Emerging Adults While some emerging adults may seek [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":392373,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-392435","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-after-eighteen","category-hsa"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-20 22:27:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392435\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}