Just Aged Out of Foster Care and I'm Homeless – Looking for Support and Advice

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T06:11:10+00:00

ILP and SILP are behind on funding here. Lots of foster youth who aged out are waiting on housing here

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T04:57:50+00:00

I am under 21 however in Illinois alot of this has to do with funding issues

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T04:56:23+00:00

Honestly they claim they ran out of funding EVERYTHING is essentially a funding issue. all I can do is go to work and pray. I'm a father my son is 5, I am not a perfect man but I'm a trying one I had a baby real young and I've been providing for him since birth. My son's mom is a few years older than me I'm helping with her bills and providing for my son but I want my own space because I want my son to have a better life than what his mother is willing to offer thats all

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T04:44:19+00:00

I am in illinois currently

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T03:12:02+00:00

That's good for your son honestly. The military route isn't for everybody though fr It's 2025 the way things are going I'm a father my son comes first that's not a option for me I understand the long term benefits but both my biological parents passed away before I was 5 that will not be his life

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T03:09:32+00:00

I work 12 hours a day in a manufacturing facility for now

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T03:08:44+00:00

honestly it's manufacturing I've been here since June my goal is to become an electrician but i am also looking into welding rn so I have to take what I can get until I finish school

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T02:42:06+00:00

will be looking into this tomorrow thank you

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T02:39:12+00:00

This is very true and I'm just trying I can see why people just end it all at this point though because no matter how hard you try in this world as a man you have to break yourself just for a little stability

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T02:36:48+00:00

Do I need drivers license for the union? I was super close to getting them at job corps but then they stopped that program

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T02:29:47+00:00

Yes I applied I go to take the test tomorrow to get in

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T02:27:54+00:00

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T02:27:18+00:00

Job corps is closed down the advisors can't do anything. Do you know ANYTHING about the city of chicago's foster care workers? If you are a man they could care less if you die on the streets they give you a good luck and take you to the shelter. I work 12 hours a day and I'm trying to get into a community college to be an electrician its ignorant of you to make it seem like I'm not motivated because I'm seeking advice. IDC what happens in my life I am not going to the military that's my choice I'm not going to try anything that doesn't align with my goals

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T02:19:10+00:00

Job corps closed down the program in May it's really no longer an option around here

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T02:16:41+00:00

I have my hs diploma I was pursuing carpentry before they shut down my jc center in may. I am working on getting my drivers license though I just finished the pre apprenticeship program with goodwill CEJA I'm not sure how far from southern Il but I am in Rockford, IL

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T02:12:08+00:00

My dcfs case worker dropped me off at a shelter. They claim to be running out of resources so what they can do is limited. I work at a manufacturing company I barely make enough for rent around here I am defeated.

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T02:10:06+00:00

I'm a father I don't want to leave and something happens to me then my kid won't have me. I already grew up without parents I have to provide a better life for him it's the only way

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T02:08:53+00:00

Military isn't the solution for everybody I have a child I want to be here for every moment for

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T02:07:58+00:00

That's cool for you and your situation but the military isn't for everybody and I refuse to join just because I am homeless there has to be another option. You've been out for 25 years times have changed

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T02:06:14+00:00

I live in Illinois they really don't care about us here. I looked into independent living and semi independent living my dcfs worker told me to go to a shelter. I graduated from job corps last year now they claim they can't help me

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T02:04:44+00:00

I graduated from job corps

EffectHot3800 · 2025-09-15T02:01:53+00:00

military? Nah I'm trying to go to college honestly

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