ABOUT PATH INTO ADULTHOOD
Since 2025, we have been building a clear and supportive platform for orphaned teenagers and care leavers, helping them enter adult life with more calm, confidence, and safety.
The platform brings together simple, practical materials on housing, managing money, documents, legal rights, healthcare, education, employment, and other important questions young people face after leaving care.
We help teenagers leaving care enter adult life with greater confidence
Year founded
Project Team
Users
Orphans in Russia
2025
20+ ppl
1200+
317,000+
Support
We help teenagers feel that they are not facing adult life, difficult questions, and confusing rules alone.
Everything in one place
We have brought the most important information together on one platform, so young people do not have to search for answers across dozens of websites, chats, and random sources.
The platform is constantly being updated with new materials!
Reviewed by experts
The materials are prepared with the involvement of lawyers, law students, and children’s home staff. We also include references to laws and official sources throughout the platform.
Clear language
We explain complex topics in simple words. On the platform, young people can find clear, step-by-step guides that help them deal with the difficult tasks of adult life.
Practical guidance
The platform helps users understand not only the general rules, but also the concrete steps they need to take: where to go, what to prepare, which documents to find, and where to start.
Based on real experience
The project is shaped by the experiences of care leavers themselves. We have spoken with them directly, collected feedback, and improved the materials so that they answer the questions that are truly relevant and important to them.
OUR STORY AND ACHIEVEMENTS
2025
Launch of Path into Adulthood — a platform for care leavers navigating the transition to independent adult life.
Collaboration with the Bureau of Good Deeds Foundation: receiving feedback from the foundation’s team, connecting with a care leaver, and working with a network of fifteen orphanages.
Collaboration with the Bogoyavlensky Children’s Home in the Nizhny Novgorod Region: the platform was improved with the support of the institution’s lawyer.
Presentation of the project at the Bogoyavlensky Children’s Home: the platform was presented in person for the first time to ten orphaned teenagers.
Winner of a social impact competition: Path into Adulthood won first place in the national “I Change the World” competition for non-profit initiatives, selected from over 400 social entrepreneurs and active citizens.
Collaboration with the Arithmetic of Good Foundation: the platform’s materials were used in the foundation’s course for orphaned teenagers.
Collaboration with the Financial University: students from the university’s Legal Clinic prepared materials for the platform by researching regional benefits and support measures available to care leavers.
Collaboration with Saint Petersburg State University: students from the university’s Legal Clinic prepared materials for the platform by researching benefits and support measures available to care leavers in Saint Petersburg.
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