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F.I.R.S.T. Contractors

Mar 19, 2009 4:35 PM

DID YOU KNOW?

- That 500,000 children and young adults across this country are in the foster care system for reasons of abandonment, abuse, neglect, hardships and/or overall lack of support?

- That approximately, 20,000 young adults, annually leave the foster care system without vocational or life management skills, or a realistic plan for long-term success after foster care?

- That this lack of preparation for young adults who are preparing to leave the foster care system is Detrimental?

- That because of their circumstances, teenagers leaving the foster care system are at a greater risk of being unemployed, unemployable, homeless, or worse, transferred to those other public systems e.g.
, welfare or criminal justice system?

- That 30% of the nation’s homeless are former foster children?

- That 80% of prison inmates have been through the foster care system?

- That children in foster care do not have traditional support systems, that many of us take for granted?

- That F.I.R.S.T. Contractors Inc.
was established specifically to prepare young adults for greater success after foster care?

- That you too can help young adults prepare for long-term success after foster, by supporting F.I.R.S.T. Contractors Inc.
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F.I.R.S.T. Contractors

Mar 18, 2009 6:59 PM

Our wood products are of the highest quality. As a Job Readiness Training Program, we teach our young adults the correct way to complete whatever task they are working on. We do not teach corner-cutting. Our products are made with true 2x4's, not the scaled down versions that you see in many wood products today. Also, for the assembly of our picnic table products, we use screws. We do not use staples, which can easily loosen and back out. Our products are pressure-treated and weather-protected.
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