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Intergenerational Programs in the County of San Diego, USA

San Pasqual Academy is a housing and educational campus for foster youth ages 14 to 18. These particular foster youth are not ready for adoption or in a family reunification track. The intergenerational aspect of San Pasqual involves older adults who live on the campus and enrich the community and life skills of the youth. SPAN is a collaborative effort between Aging & Independence Services, Health and Human Services Agency’s San Pasqual Project Team and New Alternatives. The originators of San Pasqual were intrigued by the intergenerational aspect of Hope Meadows’ “grandparenting model” with foster youth. Many foster youth do not have a constant adult figure to trust and be involved in their lives. The San Pasqual Project was designed to fill that void and duplicate Hope Meadows’ concept of older adults receiving reduced rent for volunteering with the youth for a required number of hours per week. Hope Meadows has a strong sense of community that the originators of the San Pasqual Project were hoping to build within San Pasqual Academy. Many of the youth at Hope Meadows are of elementary school age, whereas at San Pasqual they are teenagers. The goal of the San Pasqual Project is to teach foster youth independent living skills that will assist them with a successful transition once emancipated from the foster care system. Older adults are a key to modeling these skills and have become a vital element on campus. Moreover, be-