Supervised Residential Group
Funding of supervised residential groups in Styria for socially disadvantaged and/or behaviorally challenged adolescents (15–18 years) with group and individual care services; ongoing since 31.10.2013.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
The adolescents are enabled, through supervised residential groups, to engage with their own history in coexistence with other young people and through regularly held group and individual support sessions, to develop conflict and problem-solving strategies, to create life perspectives, and to gain confidence in independently managing everyday life. In the process, they experience age-appropriate, gender-specific appropriation of space and are supported in the development of behaviors and attitudes for independent living.
Eligible to apply
- Non-profit Organizations
Funding requirements
- Official approval as a private child and youth welfare institution
- Valid written service contract with the Styrian State Government
Description
In Styria, there is an ongoing grant opportunity to support non-profit organizations that offer supervised residential groups for socially disadvantaged and/or behaviorally challenged youth aged 15 to 18. Since its permanent introduction in October 2013, the state government, Department 11 Social Affairs, has been funding private child and youth welfare institutions with official approval and valid service contracts. The target group consists of youths with sufficient group capability; in justified exceptional cases, the stay can be extended up to the age of 21. The measure is granted as a subsidy and is available around the clock, without a fixed submission deadline.
The supervised residential groups provide holistic support through regular group and individual care services. Participants engage with their biographies, develop strategies for conflict and problem resolution, and create individual life perspectives. A particular focus is placed on age- and gender-specific spatial appropriation, which on one hand facilitates the transition between youth and adult life, and on the other hand promotes the development of independent behaviors. Through targeted resource mobilization in a nurturing, biography-linked environment, the youths acquire important competencies for the self-responsible management of their daily lives and sustainable independence.