Our Supportive Services Our voluntary Health & Wellness program focuses on educating the residents on the importance of living a healthy lifestyle as well as providing them with the necessary skills and opportunities to do so. This includes meeting with our AmeriCorps volunteer, who focuses on teaching healthy living, through how to shop for and prepare healthy meals, and do group or individual exercise. The goal is that after participating in this program the residents will be incorporating more fruits and vegetables into their diets in addition to increasing their daily or weekly physical activity level. Our Career Club focuses on strengthening the abilities of residents to find employment, searching out meaningful careers, and providing guidance on attending college or vocational training. Residents create and/or enhance their resumes to prepare them for the job force, are provided with professional clothing for interviewing, go through mock interviews, and are given interest inventories to assess in which fields they may enjoy working. This program also allows residents to job shadow a person in a field they find interesting. Our tutoring program is required for residents who are still in high school and are receiving grades below a ãCä average. However, tutoring is available to all residents as well as youth on our waitlist and other at÷risk teens. Tutors are volunteers, often from Indiana University. By the numbers Since opening in 2005, we have served 25 people: ten in 2005, seven in 2006, and eight in 2007. While at Stepping Stones: 92% of residents maintained or obtained a job while in residency 100% of residents attended high school or GED classes if they had not already graduated For all the youth who have participated in our program: 33% graduated from high school 25% have earned their GED 25% are still in high school 17% dropped out or are unknown