DiscoverThe Aging Out PodcastEpisode 101: Interview with Liberty Thompson from JEM Friends, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Episode 101: Interview with Liberty Thompson from JEM Friends, Inc. (Boise, ID)

Episode 101: Interview with Liberty Thompson from JEM Friends, Inc. (Boise, ID)

Update: 2024-11-14
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In this episode, Lynn Tonini interviews Liberty Thompson, Executive Director of JEM Friends, Inc. in Boise, Idaho. Liberty shared how her interest in the challenges that youth aging out of care face developed from a friendship with a girl in foster care growing up. She described the four pillars of support that they provide youth: housing, community, life skills classes, and independent living planning. She also covers the four phases of their program, which takes youth from finishing education to housing readiness.

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Episode 101: Interview with Liberty Thompson from JEM Friends, Inc. (Boise, ID)

Episode 101: Interview with Liberty Thompson from JEM Friends, Inc. (Boise, ID)

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