Workshop Focuses On Young Adults Exiting Foster Care

By  //  February 23, 2013

Lunch Provided For Participants

BREVARD COUNTY • COCOA, FLORIDA – Local attorney and respected community advocate Kendall Moore will lead a workshop on the importance of one’s legal and civic responsibilities with a group of young adults who have recently moved on from traditional foster care.

The event will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 at Kay’s Bar-B-Q in Cocoa and is open to young people ages 18 to 23 who have recently transitioned from foster care, and 17-year-olds currently in foster care.

The workshop is part of a monthly series coordinated by Transitions, a community-based program focused on improving the long-term quality of life for young adults in Brevard County who have exited foster care and are entering adulthood.

Titled “Knowing My Legal and Civic Responsibilities as a Young Adult,” the workshop will provide information related to common contracts, including the significance of signing a legal document, the need for appropriate identification, identity theft issues, registering to vote, and the importance of addressing legal and financial issues as soon as possible, rather than ignoring them. Career options in the legal profession also will be discussed.

Local attorney and community advocate Kendall Moore will present a workshop Saturday in Cocoa for young adults emerging from foster care about the importance of their legal and civic responsibilities. (Image courtesy of Moore Eavenson Baughan, PLC)

Lunch will be provided. Transportation and gas card options are available for those interested in attending.

Participants may bring their child/children with them if they are not able to arrange for child care.

Highly Regarded and Dedicated

Moore is a partner in the law firm of Moore Eavenson Baughan, PLC.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in urban and regional planning from Morehouse College and law degree from the University of Florida.

Highly regarded for his commitment to the community, Moore is active and dedicated to various local religious, civic and social causes.

Among his many community commitments, Moore serves on the board of directors for Wuesthoff Hospital System and Goodwill Industries of Central Florida, the advisory board for Webster University, and served as chairman of the Brevard County Charter Review Commission.

He also served on the 2011 Brevard County Redistricting Committee and has held leadership roles with numerous organizations including the Civilian Military Council, United Way of Brevard and LEAD Brevard.

For more information, call 321-217-8179 or visit TransitionsBrevard.org