La Senda is raising funds to open a transitional home in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, for up to three vulnerable young mothers and their children. The home will provide safe housing, mentoring, parenting support, education, job-readiness assistance, and guided preparation for independent living. This project will help teen mothers aging out of care move from crisis and vulnerability to safety, stability, and hope.
In the Dominican Republic, abused and neglected teen mothers often leave institutional care with no safe place to live. Many return to unstable or unsafe environments while raising a baby and coping with trauma, poverty, and limited access to school, work, childcare, and healthcare. Without a safe transition, they face high risks of homelessness, revictimization, and continued family crisis.
La Senda will open a transitional house for up to three young mothers and their children, providing safe housing, case management, mentoring, food, transportation, and help accessing healthcare, education, and job preparation. The home will give residents the stability and support they need to heal, strengthen parenting skills, and move toward independent adulthood.
This project will help young mothers and their children build safer, more stable futures. With housing, mentoring, and practical support, participants will be better able to continue school, access work, parent safely, and live independently. Over time, the project aims to reduce homelessness, revictimization, and poverty while helping break intergenerational cycles of trauma and family instability.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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