Cosmic Launchpad
Six milestones. One plan that leaves with you.
The flagship program: career readiness and independent-living skills for current and former foster youth, ages 16–24, starting in Clark County.
Not yet enrolling
Cosmic Launchpad is in design. There is no application on this site, and no one should send a young person’s records here. Agencies can request information. Everyone else can join the launch list.
- Ages
- 16–24
- Who
- Current and former foster youth
- Where
- Clark County, Nevada
- Focus
- Work and independent living
- Leaves with
- A 90-day plan
- Status
- In design, not enrolling
The pathway
Points of light, then a road.
Each milestone is something a person can practice. Together they are the map from “I aged out” to “I know what I am doing for the next 90 days.”
- 01
Life After Care
Important documents, appointments, transportation, housing resources, support systems, and navigating adult responsibilities.
This milestone is a map of the first adult tasks: IDs and records, medical appointments, how to get somewhere, where housing questions actually go, and who to call when a form does not make sense. It is practice with someone in the room, not a lecture about resilience.
- 02
Money Without the Confusion
Banking, budgeting, credit, paychecks, taxes, bills, benefits, and avoiding financial scams.
Opening an account. Reading a pay stub. What a credit score is and is not. How work and benefits can affect each other. And the scams that show up the week a young person receives a first deposit. Plain language, real numbers, no shame.
- 03
Getting Hired
Résumés, applications, interviews, workplace communication, professional clothing, and employment preparation.
A résumé that sounds like a real person. A practice interview. How to write a supervisor. What to wear. How to describe caretaking, survival, and unofficial work as skill. Preparation, not a promise of a job.
- 04
Digital Skills That Pay
Professional email, Canva, AI tools, content creation, social-media safety, and online professionalism.
An email that gets answered. Simple design tools. Using AI without handing over privacy. A public presence that helps a job search instead of hurting it. Skills with a paycheck in mind.
- 05
Build Something of Your Own
Entrepreneurship, freelancing, side-income ideas, personal branding, and turning a skill into an opportunity.
Not everyone wants a traditional job first. Braiding, design, repair, music, caregiving — a skill can become income, with a clear-eyed look at clients, taxes, and scams. Ambition, minus the fantasy.
- 06
Your Future Plan
Every participant leaves with a personalized 90-day action plan and connections to continued support.
The last milestone is not a certificate. It is a plan: what happens in the next 90 days, who is in it, and how follow-up works. The pathway is supposed to keep going after the room empties.
Getting hired is practiced out loud. Illustrative, not a program session.
Digital skills are framed as paid skills. Illustrative photography.
What a participant leaves with
A completed résumé
Written in their own voice, specific enough to send.
A professional headshot
A portrait they choose, useful for work.
A basic monthly budget
Income, bills, and what is left, on one page.
Interview preparation
Practiced out loud, including how to talk about experience that never had a job title.
A personal 90-day plan
Names, dates, and the next three moves. Not a poster.
A resource and referral list
Places and people to call in Clark County, built with partners as the program opens.
A practical Launch Kit
The supplies that make the plan portable: templates, notes, and the basics.
Continued follow-up
Someone checks whether the plan is still alive after the last session.
What this is not
- Not therapy, housing, or a placement. Those needs get a referral, not a pretend answer.
- Not a promise of a job. It is preparation, practice, and introductions when partners are real.
- Not a public intake. Minors do not submit personal information on this website.