Independent Living Arrangements & Skills

Offers transitional housing for homeless or at-risk homeless youth. Youth will have access to intensive case management, substance use disorder counseling, mental health referrals, educational assessment, vocational training, and life skills groups.  Provides basic needs (food, clothes, and hygene) to residents.  

A structured environment for homeless men who want to gain self-sufficiency through employment. Individuals can receive emergency services, case management and access to employment opportunities.

Provides a stable home environment with adults who care for and believe a child can achieve their full potential. Equips families with tools, such as parental skill building and behavioral coping skills, to ensure a child’s physical and emotional well-being. Foster parents serve as Agents of Hope, a mentoring bridge between youth and their biological or adoptive family, which secures a child’s future.

Program guides recipients to effectively implement a variety of life skills: Basic Living and Self-Care, Social, Communication, Parent Training, Organization/Time Management, and Transitional Living Skills.

Family Intake Assessments and referrals to offsite shelter services.

Operates a transitional housing program for victims/survivors of domestic violence, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, or sex trafficking.

Medicaid service provided to re-teach communication, behavioral management, social skills, household management, and time management/organization skills to children with mental health or behavioral health diagnosis.

Youth development program designed to teach participants life skills, healthy behaviors, and find a sense of purpose. 

Independent housing for individuals who are facing homelessness, including veterans, designed to create a systems change by providing access to housing resource information, creating options and choice for consumers in their living situations.  

Community-based inclusive and adaptive recreation program for adults of varying abilities wishing to meet new friends through recreation and independent living activities. Ages 22 & up (or have graduated from high school). From 2:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday through Friday, $11 per day, and respite care is accepted. Located at Henderson Multigenerational Center, Valley View Recreation Center, and Whitney Ranch Recreation Center.

Inclusive and adaptive program provides opportunities for young adults with disabilities to explore their recreational interests in a structured environment as well as develop the skills needed for independence. Grades 9-12 (or up to 21 years of age). 1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Monday through Friday, $11 per day, and respite care is accepted. Located at Henderson Multigenerational Center and Valley View Recreation Center.

Hygiene and self care, socialization skills, communication skills, parental education, life skills, household management, safety awareness and planning, organization skills, time management, and transitional living skills. 

Assists "aged out" former Nevada foster youth to attain economic self-sufficiency by providing youth with certain goods and services including (but not limited to) case management, housing assistance, employment assistance, educational assistance, transportation assistance, and other services such as referrals.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>**As COVID-19 continues to impact our community, Clark County Social Service offices are closed to the public.&nbsp; Please see our website for options on applying for services.</em>

Supportive living homes. Services for those living in the supportive living homes include transportation to and from doctors visits and grocery shopping and medication management. *Clients must be able to feed, clothe, and bath themselves

Provides assistance in budgeting, independent living skills, community survival skills, resource utilization and social interaction skills.

Services consist of different interventions designed to reduce cognitive and behavioral impairments and restore recipients to their highest level of functioning. The rehabilitative interventions include concrete skills training, such as self-care, monitoring for safety, basic living skills, house-hold management, social skills, communication skills, parent education, organizational skills, time management and transitional/independent living skills. The services are designed to be one-on-one in home, community setting or family setting when necessary. The number of service hours varies according to the needs of each child and family.<br />

Consulting: Ongoing strategic consultation at no cost to child welfare systems and tribes.

Public Policy: Comprehensive child welfare information to support policymakers

Research and Analysis: Information to support decision-making, bolster system integration, build capacity, and support sustainability.

Casey Life Skills: Free practice tool and framework for working with youth in foster care. It assesses independent living skills and provides results instantly. Intended to be done between a youth and their social worker, case manger, or other mentor.

Direct Services: Operates nine field offices in five states (Arizona, California, Idaho, Texas, and Washington) that provide direct services to urgan, suburban, and rural communities.