Domus
Domus builds loving relationships with young people facing adversity, empowering them to pursue their path to self-sufficiency.
Domus has two outcomes-producing programs which empower young people facing adversity to pursue their path to self-sufficiency.
School Engagement
Target Population: 9th grade students and repeat 9th grade students, who have an attendance rate between 50% and 85% and/or who have been suspended, arrested, expelled, or have documented externalizing or internalizing behaviors.
Long-term Outcome: Young people are engaged and enrolled in post-secondary or employed 12 months after graduation.
Program Summary: The school engagement program engages disengaged high school youth over four years in intensive, interpersonal relationships to help them acquire the social and emotional skills, attitudes, and habits needed to graduate high school and enroll and engage in their post-secondary environment.
DomusWorks
Target Population: Young people aged 17 to 26 who are unemployed or are underemployed, and are not in school or not in a traditional/comprehensive school
Long-term Outcome: Young people are employed in a job on the path to self-sufficiency 12 months post program completion.
Program Summary: The DomusWorks workforce development program is designed as a cohort model, providing youth with a group of peers struggling similarly and supports them together as they progress to outcomes. Youth go through the program for approximately one year, including three to six months of skills development and employment in our social enterprise, followed by six months of unsubsidized employment while continuing to meet weekly with DomusWorks staff for support and coaching.
CTOP’s support, immeasurable time, and generous investment helps Domus get better every day. They have helped Domus strengthen our ability to learn and grow and because of that we are seeing tremendous progress in the entire organization.