Rights of Passage (ROP)
Located in off-site apartments near the Covenant House campus, ROP is designed for young people who have advanced through Covenant House programs and have demonstrated a level of responsibility that indicates they are ready to experience life among families in a true community. Each apartment houses a parent and his/her children or two single adults. ROP Residents are required to work and participate in a financial management program that includes rental payments, savings and budgeting for other living expenses. With these skills, they can work toward maintaining this apartment of their own and prepare to leave Covenant House programs completely moving on to complete independent living.

Permanent Supportive Housing
This is our long term supportive housing program for single, pregnant or parenting youth between the ages of 18 and 24 with disabilities (mental or physical). Rent and utility assistance is provided but the youth must pay 30% of their income toward the expenses. Case management and supportive services are still provided to each client by Covenant House New Orleans.

One youth finds a home...
and a future

Jay is what your grandmother would call a nice young man. His manners are careful and precise - largely learned on his own. Jay is a street kid trying to reinvent himself.

At 18, Jay aged out of a foster care system that shuttled him from home to home. Without a family or resources, he was suddenly on his own, scared and confused. Fortunately for Jay a kind social worker told him about Covenant House.

Surrounded by adults who genuinely care, Jay now has a sense of purpose. He has just graduated from high school and plans to enter college in the fall. He has maintained employment at Winn-Dixie and continues to save money and move through the programs at Covenant House. He's a real kid who likes to run and play basketball.

Jay has seen a lot of failure in his young life and it makes you want to root for him all the more. He's a brave, but fragile young man and when you see his smile you can't help but think, "please God, let this one make it."