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Ready For Life Inc. (RFL) was started in 2009 as a grassroots effort to help young adults stuck in a terrible situation - alone at 18, facing adulthood on their own. RFL is a solution-based skill center supporting former foster care youth in homelessness prevention, education & employment, and lifeline support networks. RFL serves Pinellas County 15 – 25 years old's who are in foster care or have already aged out and are now on their own. RFL offers an educational learning lab; a full-time Mental Health Counselor through a partnership with the Pinellas County Public Defender's Office; legal services by Community Law Program supported by the St. Petersburg Bar Association; a mentor program; youth council; parent-child support; driving assistance through Keys to Independence and more. With help from the community, RFL helps change lives beyond foster care and increase opportunities to be productive, healthy, loving community members. To date RFL has helped over 1000 young adults and 145 of their own children.
