PROGRESS SUPPORT

In addition to our counseling services, Out Youth provides case management specialized to serve:

How is progress support different from counseling?

Case management is used to focus on the logistical steps to help you move forward with your life goals. Counseling focuses more on your emotional wellbeing, which you can receive in conjunction with Progress Support services.

What Progress Support can offer you:

  • Education: finding support for obtaining your GED, college degree, or trade school degree. 

  • Employment: resume assistance and locating jobs that fit your needs, that ideally are LGBTQIA+ friendly and affirming

    • Central Texas Job Resources here.

  • Housing: assistance finding safe and affordable housing

  • Healthcare: help locating doctors and surgeons that take your insurance and/or are affordable and finding surgeons that accommodate what you want for your body

  • Name and Gender Marker Changes: help filling out and filing forms and accompanying to the courthouse with completed forms to file for changes

  • Therapist Letters for Gender Affirmation Surgeries: connecting to therapists who can write affirmation letters

  • Navigating Social Services: help signing up for benefits such as SNAP and Social Security benefits

You can meet with a case manager every other week or as needed to work on these goals.