The Inland Empire had the biggest drop in median incomes of all of the 25 biggest metropolitan areas. The statistics show reflect a region still battered by an economic downturn that put hundreds of thousands of inland residents out of work and threw many families out of their homes. The rise in the poverty level has increased the levels of at-risk groups and has created an even greater need for service programs that meet the needs of these populations and help them rise above poverty. Smooth Transition, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose goal is to reach at risk teens early and before they drop out of high school or leave the foster care system. Our work has expanded to include all at-risk populations including displaced adults and others within the community as a means to help break the cycle of unemployment and poverty. We work with them personally, academically and vocationally, providing hope and guidance in their life decisions and teaching them the life skills they will need to enter the world, make positive change and meet their life goals. Our team of professionals and educators work with them and provide them with educational and vocational tools, support and continued mentorship and setting them on their path to personal success.

Smooth Transition, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c) 3 which serves and empowers underprivileged at risk populations through life skills development, educational training, vocational training and mentorship to prevent them from re-entering the foster and judicial system, repeating at risk, poverty and homelessness cycles. The organization is supported by a dedicated and committed board of directors, volunteers, sponsors, educators and stakeholders.