(a) Independent living (IL) specialized community homes provide an intensive, short-term IL curriculum for youth who are motivated to:
- (1) reach an educational or vocational goal;
- (2) obtain and maintain employment; and
- (3) learn skills that prepare the youth to move to an IL situation within one year.
(b) This residential program is for youth preparing to transition to their first IL situation and youth who have exited care and are homeless or in an unsafe situation.
(c) Eligible youth are:
- (1) ages 16 to 18 in Oklahoma Department of Human Services or tribal custody and out-of-home placement;
- (2) age 18, receiving voluntary extended services to complete high school education or General Educational Development (GED); and
- (3) youth who exited care at age 18 who request an opportunity to participate in the program. • 1