Monthly news & updates
Summer| 2020
Success Stories:
  • 27 Youth Receiving Services
  • 17 Youth Given Housing Assistance
  • 8 Youth Received FYI Housing Vouchers *ARTICLE BELOW
  • 10 Average Attendance Regular Zoom Support Group
  • 8 Receiving Education Assistance
  • 3 with Special Needs Receive Guardian Advocates
  • 15 Matched with Mentors
  • 4 Receiving Legal Assistance
  • 4 Receiving Mental Health Assistance
  • 2 Zoom Life Skills Classes, Housing & Budgeting
  • 1 Zoom Mentor Training "Positively Motivating Others"
Service Spotlight
Thank you Eric Parent of Next Level Marketing for generously donating marketing services! And Makayla Wheeler of MWA Productions for creating this beautiful new promo video!
Service Spotlight
Pantry & Clothing Closet
Thanks to the persistence of our volunteer, Kim Pepper and several others, our Pantry & Clothing Closet is about to be functional! Kim has a huge heart and desire to serve our clients as our new volunteer manager for this space!
Hours of Operation:
MON./WED./FRI. 10am- 2pm for Donation Drop-offs and Client Access. Thanks to our community partner Love INC. we received a large donation of non-perishable food to stock our pantry for hurricane prep. We are still in need of emergency supplies, diapers, wipes and baby supplies.
FastTrack GED
Gabby is one of many of our clients at Ready for Life Brevard who dreams of providing a better life for herself and her children. In this video, she bravely shares why she believes the FastTrack GED is one of the crucial next steps in achieving those dreams.

Ready for Life Brevard is honored to announce it has been given the exclusive license to run the forty year old, world-renowned, 80% graduation rate, FastTrack GED program onsite. The first 5 week session of six students is planned to start this September!

With an anonymous donor pledging $20,000 in matching funds and several incoming grants, we are well on our way to raising the additional $20,000 needed to hire our FastTrack GED trained teacher & RFLB Education Program Director. But we need your help to reach our goal to fund a holistic and sustainable Education Program at RFLB!

Youth Spotlight

Common Sense
A Poem by Ashleigh

It was critical for the one to stay positive,
To think before responding, 
To not let emotions overcome its intelligence.
Yes, the one was hurt, felt incredibly insignificant,
And knew that it was being ushered back into “creature status.”
Yes, it wanted to release the river in which the two dams were holding back...
BREVARD COUNTY
#2 IN COUNTRY IN FOSTER YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
Thanks to the hard work and collaboration between RFLB & the Housing Authority of Brevard, eight RFLB youth receive FYI Housing Vouchers and avoid homelessness during Covid-19!
June 24, 2020

Secretary Ben Carson Announces New Foster Youth Housing Vouchers for Nine States

23 Vouchers Awarded to 9 States

WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson today announced nearly $200,000 in the most recent round of grants for HUD's Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) Initiative. Nine housing authorities will receive this funding continuing HUD's efforts to assist young adults transitioning out of foster care.
Ready for Life Brevard | www.readyforlifebrevard.org