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Transition systems design and implementation

The bridge is a system,
not a building.

We train organizations to run a property optional transition system for young adults leaving foster care.

Arizona, period ending December 31, 2025

262
young people aged out of Arizona custody last reporting period
52.6 months
average time in care, against 12.2 for reunification
31 to 46%
will experience homelessness at least once by 26

Published under Arizona Revised Statutes section 8-526.

The differentiator

Every other model needs a building first

So the conversation ends the moment a partner says they do not have one. This one phases instead.

1Curriculum and navigation2Savings and capital3Housing, when a site exists
The deck carries people before the far span exists. A young person served in phase one is served now.

Where it stands

Designed and launching, not proven

The inaugural site

Five young women ages 17 to 26 at a South Phoenix property in partnership with FIBCO Family Services. Renovation funded by the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust. Move ins begin in December 2026 and resident applications are open now.

A completed replication design

A full Wassaja Edition for Wassaja Family Services on the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, rewritten for tribal jurisdiction, with a two track design for minors and adults, data sovereignty terms, and a phased launch path.

A documented operating package

A complete implementation manual and an 11 document package including the resident services schedule, savings model, logic model, outcomes framework, and grant tracker.

The first home

Move ins begin in December 2026, and the resident application process is open now. Five young women ages 17 to 26, in South Phoenix, with FIBCO Family Services.

Ask about a place at the first home

Both frameworks are under peer review, not published. No resident outcome data exists yet. What is offered today is design rigor and replicability.

We do not hand you a plan.
We install a program.