Home isn’t just a space. It’s a stabilizing force — a foundation that supports hopes, dreams, goals, and plans. It’s where find ourselves and build a future. Home empowers us to shift focus from surviving to thriving. It lets us grow, at our own pace, into independence and autonomy.
So providing a home is where I Am Next begins.
All a foster kid needs is somebody to genuinely just stay. Stay and give them something that's good for them. Stay and give them something that actually brings them benefit, not just keeps them here another day.
How Our Housing Program Works
I Am Next manages Permanent Supportive Housing and Supported Independent Living locations in Tennessee for young people who’ve been in the foster care system.
Supported Independent Living
| NASHVILLE | JACKSON | MEMPHIS |
| 10 Spaces | 10 Spaces | 10 Spaces |
| Males, 18-21, currently enrolled in extension of foster care | Females, 18-21, currently enrolled in extension of foster care | Males, 18-21, currently enrolled in extension of foster care |
Participants in these programs are not required to pay rent or utilities. Each includes:
- Case management
- Transportation assistance
- Grocery shopping assistance
- Life skills development
Permanent Supportive Housing
| NASHVILLE |
| 60 Studio Apartments |
| Males and females, 18-24, at risk of or currently experiencing homelessness |
For this housing program, priority is given to young adults aging out of foster care. It’s not designed as time-limited or intentionally temporary living, but as a long-term supportive housing solution.
Rent is based on income and tenants move out on their timeline and at their own convenience.
On-site support services include:
- Case management
- Resource linkage
- Driver training
- Food stability
- Resource center
- Community connection
Application and Referral
How to Apply for Housing
Supported Independent Living
Young adults between the ages of 18 and 21 who are currently enrolled in the Extension of Foster Care program are eligible.
If you’re within this age range but not yet enrolled, we encourage you to fill out an application for I Am Next services, and we’ll gladly assist you with the Extension of Foster Care enrollment process.
Permanent Supportive Housing
The referral process for our permanent housing involves Nashville’s Coordinated Entry system, a process designed by the city’s Office of Homeless Services to identify, assess, and connect people in need to housing and assistance.
I Am Next will guide each applicant through the process. Contact us to get started.
You don't have to do it alone.
We’re here. We can help you find what’s next.
