First Place for Youth is an organization for emancipated youth and teen parents who have emancipated from foster care, which the staff there are really dedicated to help them expand their horizons. First Place is located downtown of Oakland, Ca, which is some what of a good area. The good thing about it is you don't have to wait for buses as long( if your traveling on public transportation), very secure with sercurity walking around, and there are widely used stores that many shop at. The bad thing about downtown Oakland is the drug dealers, bad parking ( anywhere you park you would have to pay), and the riots that have been going on. First Place is also very diverse and has offices throughout California( not sure if it is worldwide).First Place provides services for their clients such as housing, transportation, jobs, food,etc. While in the process of applying for the program, you will have to fill out an application, be interviewed by the intake coorindator, and take a class called Step It Up. The class is only a few weeks long and the instructor teaches how to become a responsible adult and tips on how to handle minor and major obligations in the adult world. As long as I have been in this program, my life has dramatically changed. I have went from a struggling single parent to a independent, responsible mother and young woaman. As stated in the beginning, the staff at First Place are truly dedicated to helping troubled youth. They really try to help resolve issues by brain storming all possible aspects of the situation and making sure that we have back up plans. The staff are always upbeat, inspirational, motivating, and fun. The participants there, however, are rude, loud, and just messed up. It may be because of their past or reason for being in foster care or they made had a bad experience with that person. In addition, all of that is thrown out of the window when it comes to the events First Place has planned.
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