Transforming Tribes
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Every next chapter deserves a tribe behind it.

Transforming Tribes equips youth and young adults, ages 16 to 24, with the life skills, confidence, and support system to move into what's next — high school, foster care, college, a first job, a first apartment. In person where we can reach you, online everywhere else.

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Core specialty

16–24

Transition-to-independence support, extending to preteens and early teens on request.

Our story

Why I started this.

"I was an introverted young person who wanted community — I just didn't want to have to reach for it. I needed people to meet me where I was, not ask me to perform a confidence I didn't have yet. Transforming Tribes exists because of that gap: every young person deserves to be seen and supported without having to fight to be noticed."

— Tiana Thomas, Founder

The problem

Youth transitions are a crisis hiding in plain sight.

1 in 3
Youth who age out of foster care experience homelessness within a few years of leaving care.
Annie E. Casey Foundation / Chapin Hall
40%+
Of youth who age out of foster care are incarcerated by age 20.
Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2025
1 in 7
Young adults ages 16–24 are disconnected — neither working nor in school.
RAND Corporation
70–80%
Of youth released from juvenile facilities are rearrested within two to three years.
The Sentencing Project

These numbers aren't abstract — they describe the exact moment a young person needs a tribe the most, and doesn't have one. That's the gap Transforming Tribes exists to close.

What we offer

Built for the young person living it, and the organization backing them.

If you're the one going through it

You don't have to figure this out alone.

  • A tribe of people your age who are navigating the same thing right now — not adults talking down to you.
  • Straight answers to the questions nobody sat you down to explain: signing your first lease, what happens at 18, how to actually budget a paycheck.
  • A program that ends with something real in your hands — an Independence Plan, not just a pep talk.
  • An anonymous chat and community board where you can ask the awkward question without your name attached.
  • People who've been prescreened and background-checked, so this is a space you can actually trust.
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If you're bringing us in

A program you can hand to your team and trust.

  • A turnkey workshop or multi-week program — we bring the curriculum, facilitators, and materials.
  • Built specifically for transition-age youth: foster care, juvenile justice, housing instability, first-generation independence.
  • A licensable curriculum — the Transition Toolkit™ — your own staff can run without us in the room.
  • Clear outcomes you can report back to your board, school district, or funder.
  • Delivered at afterschool programs, community events, juvenile detention centers, apartment communities, schools, and more.
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How it works

Three steps, whichever door you come through.

01

Find your tribe

Join the community board or live chat for free, or an organization books a free intro workshop to see how we work.

02

Go through the program

The Next Chapter Program walks through identity, life skills, money, housing, self-advocacy, and support systems.

03

Leave with a plan

Every participant leaves with a written Independence Plan — a real next step, not just a good conversation.

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Everything, in more detail.

Who we help

From preteens building foundational skills to young adults sustaining independence at 24 — our core specialty is 16 to 24, but we meet every age where they actually are.

See the age breakdown →

Programs

The Next Chapter Program and the five pillars behind everything we do — Equip, Empower, Advocate, Connect, Transform — laid out step by step.

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Store

License the full facilitator kit for your organization, or buy a single workbook for one young person who needs it right now.

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Community

A faith-based, closely moderated peer space and anonymous live chat, organized into tribes by topic — housing, career, foster care, and more.

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Book us

Afterschool programs, community events, juvenile detention centers, apartment communities, schools, and organizations anywhere we can reach.

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