FALL RIVER – A $10,000 award was given by Bristol County Savings Bank in support of Saint Vincent’s Home’s life-skills program, which serves young adults aged 14-21 living in southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the islands.
Through their Fall River-based campus, Saint Vincent’s Home’s life-skills program aids youth in preparing for a successful future career and to live as independently as possible as adults. Services include education completion, vocational training and work experience.
Those enrolled in the life-skills program come from low-income households and often lack family or community support systems. Many are waiting to be adopted or placed in a foster home, but all have histories inclusive of abuse, neglect, poverty, addiction, mental illness as well as serious emotional and behavioral disorders.