STRUCTURING YOUTH’S FUTURE PLANS CHECKLIST
Preparing for self-sufficiency will increase a youth’s chances of success.
This checklist has been compiled to help the youth organize and structure his future plans. Please place
a check if it has been completed. Youth and the Case Manager should initial and date form when it has
been done.
Youth’s Name: __________________________________
Date: _____________
Case Manger: __________________________________
Date: _____________
50 Things You Can Do To Help Someone Get Ready For Independent Living!!!!!
1.
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Help the youth get a certified copy of his birth certificate.
2.
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Help the youth to get a social security card and a wallet to carry it in.
3.
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The youth must be in a school program in which he can succeed.
4.
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Help the youth get a picture identification card.
5.
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Help the youth accept responsibility to carry his own Medicaid card.
6.
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Help the youth get copies of medical records
7.
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Start a “Records Book” that will contain the youth’s important papers.
8.
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Help the youth put together a family “scrapbook” or “life book.”
9.
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Help the youth open up a bank account.
10.
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Teach the youth how to write and cash a check, and keeping a checking account.
11.
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Help the youth learn to make his own medical appointments
12.
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Help the youth renew contact with family members.
13.
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Help the youth develop at least one friendship.
14.
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Help the youth commit to an appropriate counselor.
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15.
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Assist the youth in joining a local recreation centre.
16.
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Teach the youth some “new” ways to have fun.
17.
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Connect the youth with a church group.
18.
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Help the youth find a job, or a better paying job.
19.
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Make sure the youth really understands birth control.
20.
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Show the youth the best place to shop for food, clothing, furniture, etc.
21.
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Help the youth learn to look up possible resources in the phone book.
22.
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Help the youth work through an independent living skills workbook.
23.
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Teach the youth how to read a map. Give the youth a map of the city.
24.
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Take the youth on a tour of the city.
25.
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Teach the youth how to use the bus system and read the bus schedule
26.
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Teach the youth how to use an alarm clock.
27.
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Help the youth get a library card and show him/her how to use the library.
28.
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Help the youth get a driver’s license, price insurance, and learn what is needed
to purchase and own a car.
29.
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Role play contacts with the police, bank tellers, doctors, landlords, etc.
30.
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Role play several different styles of job interviews.
31.
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Help the youth put together a resume and a fact sheet with information needed
for filling out applications.
32.
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Help the use make a list of important telephone numbers.
33.
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Teach the youth how to cook five good meals.
34.
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Teach the youth how to store food.
35.
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Teach the youth how to use coupons and comparison shop.
36.
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Teach the youth how to read paycheck stubs and keep receipts and stubs.
37.
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Teach the youth how to use the oven and microwave.
38.
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Teach the youth how to thoroughly clean a kitchen and bathroom
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39.
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Take a youth to a session of adult court: e.g. traffic, criminal, etc.
40.
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Teach the youth how to find and retain a lawyer, and when to get one.
41.
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Help the youth to understand rental or lease agreement.
42.
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Teach the youth how to do, or at least get help, for yearly tax returns.
43.
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Teach the youth how to write a letter and use the Post Office
44.
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Help the youth develop good telephone communication skills.
45.
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Explain to the youth tenant and landlord rights.
46.
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Teach the youth how to find a safe, inexpensive place to live.
47.
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Work with the youth on how to budget his/her money.
48.
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Work with the youth on how to find and get along with his/her roommate.
49.
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Talk to the youth often about his/her feelings about what it might
be like to live on his/her own.
50.
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Work together to list what is needed in the way of furniture and supplies for
living independently.
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