Residents of the program gain invaluable knowledge about how to successfully
live independently.
Program Topics include:
• Nutrition & food management
• Educational goals & guidance
• Money management & banking
• Personal appearance & hygiene
• Setting up a budget
• How to find a good apartment
• Understanding a lease
• Time management
• Career & vocational goal setting
• Buying and financing: being an educated consumer
• Effective parenting skills
• Legal rights and responsibilities
• Sexual awareness and STD’s
• Job application & resume writing
• Effective relationship building
WHO DOES SAIL SERVE?
SAIL’S goal is to: Assist teens in their transition to adulthood
and independence by equipping them with survival skills necessary for
successful independent living.
Residents of the program are female adolescents between the ages of 16
to 21, as well as teen mothers who are referred by the Department of Children
and Families.
WHAT DO SAIL’S TEENS DO?
The SAIL Program offers a practice environment in which our youth receive
practical instruction and assistance vital in their role as consumer and
tenant, geared to improving performance in a host of settings: at home,
in school, at work, in the community, or in relationships. They are responsible
for budgeting, food preparation and purchasing, an educational plan, setting
vocational goals and positive recreation.
There is formal group instruction focusing in on mastering skills for successful
independent living. There is a strong emphasis on improving interpersonal
and communication skills. The curriculum is fine tuned to ensure meeting
individual needs. The program Coordinator works closely with the youth to
establish a solid comfort level and maintain communication with the youth’s
caseworker. The teen is tested to ascertain abilities, strengths and deficits.
During the term, the teen is tested weekly to see what skills the teen has
mastered. The SAIL program assists the tenant by furnishing all of the belongings
necessary to set up an apartment.
THE PROGRAM AIMS TO
• Provide hands on life skill training
• Improve academic abilities
• Assist with furniture procurement
• Heighten self esteem & motivation
• Instill ethics and responsibility
• Provide career guidance
• Improve functional abilities
S.A.I.L. APARTMENTS
With four singles and two-two bedrooms apartments, tenants are expected
to be independent while receiving the level of supervision necessary for
success. Local schools such as Tunxis Community College and Briarwood,
provide potential educational opportunities. Located on Rte. 6, our apartments
are on a bus line and are convenient to employment opportunities, stores,
offices and banks.
Individual plans are developed for each tenant. Tutors and mentors are
provided if desired. Through SAIL, tenants learn to:
• Budget and save money
• Enhance communication and interpersonal skills
• Improve self esteem
• Identify problems and formulate solutions
• Set a life plan for now & the future
• Improve judgment and decision making capabilities
• Work to one’s full potential
Through SAIL, the youth refine living and social skills and make a realistic,
supported transition to independence.
For a Program site visit please contact:
Kris Hudkins
Program Coordinator
S.A.I.L
70 Boardman Street, Apt B-8
Bristol, CT 06010
(860) 314-0875 Fax (860) 314-0225
Living in Safe Alternatives, Inc. will not base any selection of any
referral to the S.A.I.L Program based upon race, religion, sex, national
origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, lawful source
of income, learning disability, mental or physical disability, including
but not limited to blindness, deafness, or because the individual has
children.