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If you have any questions about your monthly stipend amounts, education, employment, housing or other areas to support your efforts for self-sufficiency, please call us at (305) 455-6227 or e-mail us at IndependentLiving@ourkids.us

Miami-Dade Metro Bus Passes – Program no longer available
Contact your case manager if you need  Miami-Dade Metro bus passes for May, June and July.  

$100 WalMart Gift Cards – Program no longer available 
Qualified students may contact their case manager about qualifying for $100 WalMart Gift cards.
 
RTI Summer Stipend Requirements – Program no longer available
A young adult is considered going to school fulltime and does not need to submit a job search if they are taking 6 credits per 6 week summer session or 12 credits for a 12 week summer session.

A young adult not attending school full time is expected to obtain employment for the summer months, and if not employed, has the obligation to diligently seek employment.

· A young adult seeking employment must provide the case worker with documentation of his or her job search consistent with the documentation required by the office of unemployment compensation on a monthly basis. 
 
· If a young adult is registered with South Florida Workforce, all job search documentation must be the South Florida Workforce computer print out. The young adult is required to apply for a minimum of 10 jobs per week
 
· If a young adult does not do job search through South Florida Workforce,  then they must provide proof of a minimum of 10 job applications per week and provide copies of the applications and a job search list to the case manager, along with the Agency for Workforce innovation job search form with name and contact info of the person they spoke with.
 
 If the unemployed young adult fails to provide such documentation in a given summer month, no award payment shall issue for the following summer month.

 

The young adult is required to inform the case worker of successful summer job placement  within 7 days.