Independent Living for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care · Grand Prairie, TX
Agape Property Management houses young adults aging out of foster care (18–24) who are ready to live independently but need consistent food, shelter, and transportation to stay that way. No medical care, no case management, no red tape — just the fundamentals, done reliably, every day.
What We Provide — and What We Don't
Agape is intentionally narrow in scope. The young adult's assigned caseworker owns the case plan, monthly visits, and PAL life-skills coursework — we don't duplicate that. What we provide is the three things that determine whether independent living actually holds day to day: a roof, food, and a way to get where they need to go, plus the documentation a caseworker needs to verify eligibility.
A private bed in a shared, well-maintained home. Not a shelter bed, not a group facility — a real home with house rules, privacy, and stability for a young adult who's aged out of the system.
A stocked kitchen with three meals a day, every day, plus snacks and drinks always on hand. No grocery budget to manage alone, no learning to cook from zero while also job-hunting or finishing school.
Scheduled rides to work, school, appointments, and errands. A young adult without a car or license yet is not a young adult without a way to get where life needs them to be.
What Agape is not: a medical provider, a licensed child-placing agency, or a substitute for the assigned caseworker's case management, monthly visits, or PAL coursework. Residents live independently as legal adults. We do not administer medication, provide therapy, or supervise activities of daily living. This keeps us fast to place into, easy to refer to, and squarely outside licensed care regulation.
We confirm and keep on file proof that each resident is meeting their school, work, or barrier-removal program requirement — enrollment letters, pay stubs, or program completion records — ready whenever the caseworker needs to verify it.
Every resident receives a letter of residence to start building a rental history, and — in line with Texas law for SIL placements — is offered the chance to co-sign the lease where Agape holds it.
From the Resident's Side
Not a benefits summary — a real day.
Private bed in a shared room, in a home — not a shelter, not a group facility. Breakfast is already stocked: eggs, oatmeal, fruit, yogurt, coffee. No one has to leave to eat.
A scheduled ride is requested through the House Manager — no rideshare app to figure out, no bus transfers, no missed shifts or classes for lack of a ride.
Weekly scheduled runs cover what's needed — the store, an appointment across town, an interview. Transportation isn't an emergency-only service; it's built into the week.
Four to five nights a week, dinner is bulk-prepped and ready to serve. The rest of the week, the kitchen is stocked for residents to put something together themselves. Snacks and drinks are always available — this isn't a ration, it's a kitchen.
Quiet hours, shared-space expectations, and a clear process if something goes wrong — the same structure any stable household runs on. No curfews tied to a case plan, no duplicate case management — the caseworker runs the plan, we run the household, and we keep records in sync so nothing falls through the cracks.
Meal Plan
At five residents across two homes, a full-time cook isn't the right tool yet, and leaving residents to fend for themselves isn't either — especially for young adults who may not have been taught to manage a kitchen or a grocery budget. Agape runs a stocked-kitchen model with rotating light prep — consistent, healthy, and built to scale as we add homes.
~65% groceries (protein, produce, dairy) · ~20% bulk-prepped dinner labor · ~15% snacks, drinks, and pantry staples
Transportation Plan
Every resident needs a way to reach work, school, appointments, and errands within a 10–20 mile radius of Grand Prairie.
Rides are booked and paid for centrally through a business rideshare account — no vehicle purchase, no commercial insurance rider, no driver to hire, schedule, or insure. Cost flexes automatically with actual need instead of paying for an idle vehicle on a slow week.
How It Runs
Agape is built to run lean without cutting corners on the resident experience. One part-time House Manager — not a full clinical or administrative staff — keeps both households running.
Per-Occupant Cost
Covers housing, all meals, and scheduled transportation — the full program, no separate line items or hidden fees.
A deliberately small, high-attention footprint. Each home stays easy to manage closely, with room to add capacity only as it's proven out.
For Case Workers
Full documentation is available on request or by download below — no login required.
Room-by-room safety walkthrough for both Grand Prairie homes — life-safety, structural, and operational readiness.
View checklist →Conduct, quiet hours, guests, safety, and grounds for removal — the structure every resident agrees to on move-in.
View house rules →Fair Housing Act–compliant individualized assessment — no blanket denials based on criminal history.
View screening policy →A clear line between what the assigned caseworker owns (case plan, visits, PAL) and what Agape owns (housing, meals, transportation, documentation).
View roles breakdown →Refer a Youth
Tell us about the young adult you're placing, and we'll follow up to confirm alignment and schedule a time to talk.