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BEFORE YOU START
If you think you may have already applied to K2I, check with us before starting a new application.
Email us with the information below. We’ll check your application status and let you know.
To verify application status, email info@keystoindependencefl.org:
Subject line: Check K2I application status
Send this info: your name, your date of birth, your email address
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Applying for the Keys to Independence program?
Child Welfare applicants who are:
- 15-21 years of age
- Youth in out-of-home care;
- Youth who have reached permanency may receive services up to 6 months after the date they reach permanency;
- Youth in out-of-home care who turn 18 years of age may receive services up to 6 months after the date they turn 18; or
- Youth who are continuing in care under section 39.6251
- The PESS population are those who on or after October 1, 2021:
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- Have reached 18 years of age but are not yet 23 years of age;
- Were living in licensed care on his or her 18th birthday;
- Spent at least 6 months in licensed care before reaching his or her 18th birthday;
- Meet the eligibility requirements in section 409.1451(2), F.S. and for post-secondary education services and support (PESS)
CLICK HERE TO START YOUR APPLICATION
Homeless youth are those who on or after July 1, 2022:
- Are 16-24 years of age and is:
- Found by a school district’s liaison for homeless children and youths to be an unaccompanied homeless youth eligible for services pursuant to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Act. 42 U.S.C. ss. 11431-11435; or;
- Believed to qualify as an unaccompanied homeless youth, as that term is defined in the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act by:
1. The director of an emergency shelter program funded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or the director’s designee;
2. The director of a runaway or homeless youth basic center or transitional living program funded by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, or the director’s designee; or
3. A continuum of care lead agency, or its designee.
YOUTH OR YOUNG ADULT EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS – CLICK HERE TO START YOUR APPLICATION
CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE THE HOMELESS VERIFICATION LETTER
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