Our Purpose
Young people are expected to make decisions about education, employment, money, healthcare, housing, relationships, technology, and adulthood—often before anyone has shown them how those systems actually work.
Life Blueprint Solutions Youth Development Foundation helps bridge that gap.
Through structured education, mentorship, community partnerships, and real-world experiences, we help youth develop the confidence, knowledge, self-awareness, and practical skills needed to move into adulthood with greater preparation and independence.
Young people should not have to enter adulthood unprepared.
The Life Blueprint
10 Areas of Real-Life Readiness
Identity & Personal Development
Helping youth understand who they are, identify values, recognize strengths, build confidence, and develop greater self-awareness.
Social-Emotional Wellness
Helping youth identify and understand emotions, develop healthy coping strategies, improve communication, strengthen relationships, manage conflict, and grow with confidence.
Education & Pathways
Helping youth explore educational options, understand available pathways, set goals, and connect education to future opportunities.
Employment & Career Readiness
Preparing youth to understand employment, workplace expectations, job searching, professionalism, career exploration, resumes, interviewing, and maintaining employment.
Health & Wellness
Helping youth understand physical health, mental wellness, healthcare systems, self-care, healthy choices, and balanced living.
Financial Literacy
Teaching budgeting, saving, banking, money management, credit basics, financial responsibility, and planning for independence.
Housing & Independent Living
Preparing youth to understand housing, renting, leases, household responsibilities, basic independent living, and maintaining a stable home.
Law & Rights
Helping youth understand basic legal rights, responsibilities, informed decision-making, personal safety, and navigating societal systems.
Technology & Digital Life
Teaching practical digital skills, responsible technology use, online safety, digital identity, privacy, and navigating a technology-driven world.
Life Skills & Emergency Preparedness
Teaching essential everyday living skills, problem-solving, emergency readiness, personal responsibility, and how to respond effectively to unexpected situations.
How the Program Works
A structured five-month cohort that progressively builds practical knowledge, confidence, independence, and a personal roadmap for adulthood.
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10 Sessions
Youth build a personal Life Blueprint Binder—a structured collection of tools, resources, plans, and take-home materials they can use beyond the program.
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Twice Monthly for 5 Months
Youth meet twice each month for five months, allowing steady growth without overwhelming families or participants.
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Approximately 2 Hours per Session
Each session runs approximately two hours and gives youth time to learn, practice, reflect, and apply practical skills.
OPTIONAL COMPANION RESOURCE
Faith Companion Guide
For families, churches, faith-based organizations, and programs that request faith integration, an optional Faith Companion Guide is available to complement the Life Blueprint program. The companion follows alongside the core program, connecting practical life-readiness lessons with age-appropriate biblical principles and reflection.
The core Life Blueprint program remains accessible to youth across diverse backgrounds, and participation in the faith-based companion is optional.
Learning Beyond the Classroom
Practical Skills for Real Life
Youth learn through conversations, hands-on activities, professional guest speakers, community exposure, mentorship, practical exercises, and real-world experiences.
They interact with professionals, explore careers and education or training pathways, learn how financial and healthcare systems work, practice workplace readiness and effective communication, and understand the basics of independent living.
Community Partnerships
Preparing young people for adulthood takes more than one organization. Life Blueprint Solutions Youth Development Foundation works with professionals, educators, businesses, organizations, mentors, and community leaders who can help young people understand how the real world works.
We welcome educators, therapists, counselors, healthcare professionals, business professionals, employers, tradespeople, financial professionals, legal professionals, technology professionals, community organizations, mentors, and guest speakers.
Ways to Get Involved
- Mentoring youth one-on-one
- Volunteering for development workshops
- Sharing professional expertise as a guest speaker
- Supporting practical learning opportunities
- Providing career exposure
- Offering internship opportunities
- Sponsoring programming
- Supporting youth activities and resources
Foundation Leadership & Board
Shelly Bease
Founder & Executive Director
Shelly Bease brings more than two decades of experience in healthcare and education to her work preparing young people with practical skills, confidence, and stronger pathways into adulthood.
Shaun DeCarlo — President
Dr. Tawana Wiggins — Treasurer / COO
Olivia Hightower — Secretary
Crystal Patterson — Vice President / Board Member
Life Blueprint Solutions
Youth Development Foundation
info@lifeblueprintsolutions.com
lifeblueprintsolutions.com
980-554-7362
Based in North Carolina
Serving Families, Youth & Organizations
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Life Blueprint Solutions, LLC and Life Blueprint Solutions Youth Development Foundation are separate legal entities working toward a shared commitment to youth preparedness and stronger pathways to adulthood.
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