At UN1TY Village, we recognize that displaced youth face significant challenges when transitioning into adulthood. Many leave the foster care system without stable housing, financial resources, or a support system to guide them. That’s why we have developed four core programs—UN1TY Haven, Forever Village, Bridgeway Alliance, and the U-THRIVE Initiative —to ensure young people have the support, skills, and opportunities they need to build stable, successful, and fulfilling lives.
Through temporary housing solutions, mentorship, career pathways, and essential life skills, we create a foundation where young people can thrive, achieve their goals, and contribute to their communities.
UN1TY HAVEN
Designed to ensure a safe and supportive environment for displaced youth without stable housing. This program provides short-term emergency housing alternatives, essential resources, and personalized case management to ensure youth have the necessary support to transition into a stable living situation.
Our objective is to prevent homelessness by ensuring immediate shelter resources, essential needs, and goal-focused planning is in place, allowing the young people to establish stability before transitioning to long-term housing, education, or employment pathways.
FOREVER VILLAGE
Designed to build a lifelong supportive network for displaced youth in and aging out of care. It fosters guidance, mentorship, community, and trust, ensuring that no young person has to navigate adulthood alone. Through peer connections, mentor relationships, and community engagement, youth gain consistent support, life coaching, and personal development opportunities.
Our objective is to create a strong, lasting support system that nurtures a sense of community where foster youth can build relationships, access guidance, and develop the confidence needed to navigate adulthood successfully. This program ensures they always have a place to turn for encouragement, career advice, and emotional support—long after they leave formal programming.
BRIDGEWAY RESOURCE ALLIANCE
Designed to be a collaborative network of partners who lock arms to support to current and former displaced youth by leveraging their expertise, resources, and opportunities. Whether through employment, housing, programming, corporate engagement, agency support, or professional mentorship, this alliance serves as a comprehensive hub of resources that work collectively to address the full spectrum of needs that arise during the transition to adulthood.
By uniting businesses, organizations, and service providers, Bridgeway Resource Alliance ensures that no young person falls through the cracks. While UN1TY Village has its specific focus, this alliance fills in the necessary gaps, reducing the stress and uncertainty for youth by connecting them directly to the support they need.
THE U-THRIVE INITIATIVE
Designed to equip former displaced youth with the career readiness, workforce connections, and life skills necessary to achieve long-term stability and success. By providing personalized coaching, professional development, financial literacy, and mentorship, U-Thrive ensures that each young person has a clear, supported path toward employment, entrepreneurship, or higher education.
Through strategic partnerships with employers, trade programs, and educational institutions, U-Thrive bridges the gap between emancipation and self-sufficiency, empowering youth to build sustainable careers, secure housing, and independent futures—so they don’t just survive, but thrive.
OUR WORK
Foundation/ Our Beginning
Amidst the 2020 global pandemic, UN1TY Village was founded at a time of immense uncertainty for displaced youth and families. What began as an initiative to provide academic support, childcare, immediate essentials such as food, and temporary respite care quickly revealed a deeper crisis—one that extended far beyond the pandemic itself.
In the face of overwhelming hardship, it became clear that a "village" was needed—one that could step in, close the gaps, and provide lasting solutions for vulnerable youth and families. This realization fueled our expansion beyond Mecklenburg County, reaching across the state of North Carolina to ensure that displaced youth, particularly those aging out of foster care, had access to housing, life skills, and career development opportunities.
Today, UN1Ty Village stands as a beacon of stability and empowerment, dedicated to guiding young people toward self-sufficiency, fostering community, and providing the tools necessary for success in adulthood. Our journey began with crisis intervention, but our mission has evolved into a long-term commitment to transforming lives, building connections, and ensuring that no young person transitions into adulthood alone.