The Teen Project Inc
PROGRAMS
Vera's Sanctuary for Women
Vera's Sanctuary is dedicated to serving girls and young women who are victims of human trafficking. The secure site is the Boys Town legacy property and sits on a private road atop a hillside with views to the ocean. Our facilities consist of five six-bedroom homes with 26-beds that serve distinct purposes. Vera’s Sanctuary is the only licensed residential drug treatment site in Orange County dedicated to victims of human trafficking. We provide drug treatment, therapeutic services and vocational services to foster youth and young women ages 15-24 who lack family support and have been victims of trafficking. Vera’s Sanctuary is a picturesque remote site surrounded by wildlife, nature and beauty--a wonderful place to heal from trauma and abuse. The young women residing with us receive everything they need to get their lives back on track from intensive therapy to high school tutoring and vocational education to job training, internships, and a plan for transition including automobile matching and savings plans and ongoing case management and outpatient treatment for as long as needed. While living with us the young women will also participate in our culinary program which includes sustainable gardens and cooking, as well as our health and wellness program which includes yoga and meditation. Our goal is a transformation experience that leaves the young women in a healing state that sets their life back on track for good. All young women successfully graduating will be set with a full time job, housing and social supports.
Success outcomes for Vera's Sanctuary include:
Approximately 50 young women per year will live in residence
80% of residents will transition into permanent housing within 12 months of residence
100% of residents will participate in drug treatment and/or intensive therapy
100% of residents will receive life skills training
70% of residents will increase their educational status
80% of residents will increase their income through benefits access and/or employment
Crisis Residential Treatment Facility
A 16-bed facility where young women in mental health crisis—such as a suicide attempt, overdose or psychotic episode—stabilize for 14-30 days before moving into FREEHAB for longer term treatment. This program is funded by a 20-year contract with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health.
Residents will achieve mental health stability over a period of 14 - 30 days as assessed by on-site and external mental health professionals. After stabilization, they transfer to Freehab for additional treatment or another suitable program. Approximately 300 young women per year will live at TTP's Crisis Residential Treatment Program.
Sober College Housing Program.
The Teen Project's first program, the Sober College House is six bed home that provides shelter, counseling and school support to young women aging out of foster care and enrolled full time in higher education or vocational training. The Teen Project Sober College Housing program opened in 2010 and provides transitional age youth women (ages 18-24) with all of the support necessary to complete college or trade school and go on to a life sustaining career. The Teen Project College Home is a 12-step based program that provides housing, food, college scholarships, private rooms, future and auto savings programs, over 100 independent living classes. The youth living in our home have pursued careers in the medical and legal fields, fashion design, cosmetology, machining and more. We are a two year program with an extensive alumni and sustained support program for young ladies pursuing a longer education path. There is a live-in house mom that oversees the girls and provides transportation. The girls living in the home are provided with extensive support in exchange for a very responsible life. They have curfews and a strict rule for sobriety and education success. We have supported dozens of young women who were interested in recreating their lives. Our first resident will be a doctor in just a few short years.
Orange County College House will provide shelter, comprehensive services and educational support to 10 young women.
Outcomes:
- 100% of residents will remain enrolled in college or vocational training full-time
- 60% will complete their post-secondary education during their period of residence
- 60% will successfully transition into permanent housing and employment within 24 months of entering residence.
Carol's Sanctuary
Opened in 2024, Carol's Sanctuary provides 30 beds of residential treatment dedicated to young women who are victims of human trafficking. This lovingly restored facility has beautifully designed resident bedrooms, counseling rooms, a children's visitation room, a space dedicated to workshops and trainings, a computer lab and a meditation garden.
Carol’s Sanctuary will provide 30-50 young women with shelter, basic needs, intensive therapy and/or drug treatment, schooling and/or vocational training, case management transition assistance and after-care programming for as long as needed.
- 70% of residents will complete 30, 60 or 90-day treatment programs
- 80% of those who complete a treatment plan will increase their income through benefits access or employment
- 70% of residents will increase their educational status
- 80% of program graduates will transition into permanent housing within one year of beginning residence.
CONTACT
The Teen Project Inc
8140 Sunland Blvd
Sun Valley, CA 91352-3948
Phone: 949-283-1260