The Family Support Counsellor may monitor or control the monies allocated to the youth’s care in order to teach budgeting, banking, payment of bills, and healthy food shopping, as well as assist the youth in other life skill areas such as day programs, employment search, self-care, and recreation.

The client is typically a youth who has been “in care” and who does not have an effective, natural family support connection. The program is well suited to youth that have “graduated” from group home, residential or foster placements, but who require additional support to be successful in semi-independent or independent living situations. Individual service plans allow for various levels of support consistent with the youth’s needs.